Sambuddha Chakrabarti, J. - (1.) By this Writ Petition the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for a direction upon the respondents authorities to absorb him in a permanent post in the Indian Museum (the museum, for short) on compassionate ground or to treat his absorption as continuous service, a direction upon the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner on compassionate ground, a writ in the nature of prohibition prohibiting the respondents from giving appointment to an outsider without appointing the petitioner on compassionate ground and for other ancillary reliefs.
(2.) The case of the petitioner who has passed the Madhyamik examination, in short, is that his father was the Inspector of the museum. After working for 37 years his father made an application to the Director of the museum praying for retirement on medical ground and the employment of the petitioner.
(3.) The father of the petitioner retired from service on August 29, 2003 on account of his permanent incapacity. Thereafter, the petitioner made an application for his absorption in Group D post on compassionate ground. On August 1, 2005 he joined a Group D post of the museum in the Archaeology section. He alleges that at the time of joining he was told that the museum would absorb a dependent of an invalid pension holder directly for the Group D post treating him to be a contingent staff.;