RADHA DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS application has been preferred by the petitioner for appointment of her second son on compassionate ground, elder son Late Shekhar Poddar, who was Hawaldar -cum -Driver in C.I.S.F. and posted at O.N.G.C, Mehsana in Gujarat, having died, in harness, on 18th March, 2002.

(2.) THE counsel for the petitioner submitted that the deceased employee was an unmarried Government servant and being a member of the Armed Force, even the brother and sister are eligible for compassionate appointment.

(3.) THERE is nothing on the record to suggest that the second son of petitioner was dependent on her first son. From the cause title, it appears that the husband of the petitioner is still alive.