the post of Lower Division Clerk (LDC). The Committee of the respondent department constituted for such cases considered the case of the applicantpetitioners alongwith other pending cases on 10.8.2000. In all 10 claims for compassionate appointments were pending. A list was drawn wherein admittedly the claim of the applicant-petitioners figured at Sr. No. 6. The grievance of the applicant-petitioners is that ignoring their meritorious claim the respondents have offered compassionate appointment to private respondent Nos. 5 to 7, whose names figured at Sr. Nos. 7, 8 and 9 respectively and, thus, they have been discriminated. This has led to filing of O.A. No. 556/PB/2006 before the Tribunal. The respondents took the stand that the case of the applicantpetitioners was duly considered by the Committee in light of the Instructions/Guidelines issued by the Government of India on the subject of compassionate appointment. The Committee after making a balanced and objective assessment of all the competing claims viz. the financial liabilities, presence of earning members, size of family, ages of the children including unmarried daughters, element of compassion and need for immediate assistance etc. rejected the request of the applicant-petitioners. The Committee found the case of private respondent Nos. 5 to 7 as most deserving and recommended their names for compassionate appointment. The Tribunal dismissed the OA filed by the applicant-petitioners, vide order dated 21.5.2007 (P-5) by observing as under:-
