Mukesh Thakur v. the State of Hp and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Himachal Pradesh High Court writ (CWP) disposing of a petition seeking a time-bound decision on a pending compassionate appointment application (Annexure P-2, dated 13.06.2023) addressed to MD, HRTC, Shimla, following the in-service death of the petitioner's father, a Conductor, on 17.12.2022. Direction issued without going into merits and without reply from represented respondents; four-week outer timeline; hearing and policy-as-on-date-of-death conditions imposed. Relevant searches: delay/inaction in deciding compassionate appointment applications; writ mandamus for expeditious disposal based on counsel's undertaking; no adjudication on eligibility or quantum.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents to take final decision on the petitioner's compassionate appointment application (Annexure P-2), if not already taken, expeditiously, preferably within four weeks from the date of the order, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of being heard and taking note of the policy in vogue at the time of his father's death; pending applications, if any, disposed of accordingly