JUDGEMENT
Shishir Kumar, J. -
(1.) HEARD learned Counsel for the applicant.
(2.) THE applicant is aggrieved by the order dated 22.12.2010, which has been passed by the Division Bench in Special Appeal filed by the applicant dated 08.10.2010. It appears that the applicant's father was in service of the corporation died in harness in 1984. In 1984 mother of the applicant was given an appointment under the dying in harness Rules. She also died on 02.06.1992. At that time, applicant was minor and when he became major, made an application before the competent authority for giving appointment under the Dying in harness Rules. The same was rejected on the ground that it has been filed belatedly after the lapse of period as mentioned in the Rules. The said order was challenged by filing a writ petition No. 21041 of 2002. The writ petition was dismissed by order dated 14.07.2010. Applicant aggrieved by the aforesaid order filed a special Appeal No. 906 of 2010, which was finally allowed remitting the matter to the relevant authority for consideration on merits. The operative portion of order is being reproduced herein under:
Learned Counsel for the Respondent -Power Corporation is however right up to the extent that these aspects that an appointment can be afforded only if there is an evidence on these aspects and even if this Court arrived at the conclusion that the matters require consideration then to even the authority will have to examine this and then proceed with the matter.
We, therefore, in view of the aforesaid submissions raised and the conclusion drawn and in the light of the rule making provisions for relaxation in the time limit for moving the application, allowed the appeal and set aside the judgment of the learned single Judge dated 14th July, 2010 as also the order impugned dated 18th January, 2002 (annexure 1 to the writ petition) and remit the matter to the competent authority, who shall proceed to examine the claim of the Appellant in the light of the observations made hereinabove and pass an appropriate order within a period of eight weeks from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order.
(3.) NOW on the basis of the direction issued by this Court, a decision has been taken and the claim of the applicant has been rejected by order dated 22.1.2010.;
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