Rohini Devi @ Rohani Devi, v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.24343 of 2019 ====================================================== Rohini Devi @ Rohani Devi, W/O- Late Upendra Singh, Resident of VillageAffour, P.s.- Khaira, District- Saran, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Water Resource, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Additional Secretary, Water Resource Department, Patna, Bihar. 3.

The District Magistrate, Saran, Chapra.

4.

The Principal Secretary, General Administrative Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhananjay Kumar Tiwary For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Vinay Kriti Singh ( GA-2 ) with Mr. Vijay Kumar Verma, AC to GA-2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-01-2020 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner claims that her father-in-law died in harness, while working as Peon in the office of the Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Chapra on 18.07.1990. She has filed the application seeking quashing of a decision of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee dated 20.02.2019, whereby her claim for appointment on compassionate ground has been rejected. From perusal of the said decision, it transpires that the son of the deceased employee had died on 08.04.2004 and for the first time, he had made an application for compassionate appointment in 1998, which was

Patna High Court CWJC No.24343 of 2019(2) dt.16-01-2020 2/2 received in the office of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee in 2018. On the ground of delay in making appeal for compassionate appointment, the petitioner's claim has been rejected.

3. In my opinion, this application whereby, the petitioner has sought for quashing of the decision of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee is devoid of any merit for the reason that the petitioner has not been able to make out a case that daughter-in-law of a deceased employee is also entitled for compassionate appointment. Secondly the very purpose of granting compassionate appointment does not survive, 29 years after the death of the deceased employee.

4. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) arun/- U