Vijay Kumar Mishra v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 6250 of 2014 =========================================================== Vijay Kumar Mishra, Son Of Late Ashok Kumar Mishra, Resident Of Village And P.O.- Hitalpur, Police Station- Hajipur, District- Vaishali .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar

2. The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna

3. The Engineer-In-Chief-Cum-Special Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna

4. The Chief Engineer, National Highway, Road Construction Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna

5. The Superintending Engineer, National Highway, Works Circle, Road Construction Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna

6. The Executive Engineer, National Highway Division, Gulzarbagh, Patna

7. The District Level Compassionate Committee, Patna Through Its ChairmanCum-District Magistrate, Patna

8. The District Magistrate, Patna, District- Patna

9. The Deputy Collector, Establishment, Patna Collectorate, Patna .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shanti Pratap For the Respondent/s : Mr. S.A. Alam =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 10-03-2016 Death of the so called 'employee', which was also a debatable issue, happened in the year 1989. The object and purpose for grant of compassionate appointment is to provide immediate relief or succor to the family due to loss of a breadearner. Such an appointment is not a mechanism for backdoor employment of otherwise unemployed off-springs of a government servant. The object and purpose behind compassionate appointment

Patna High Court CWJC No.6250 of 2014 dt.10-03-2016 2/2 has been lost due to passage of time, almost three decades, now. Writ application is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) SKM/- U