IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9606 of 2007 SANTOSH KUMAR THAKUR, S/O LATE RAM NIHAL RAM, R/O VILLAGE BANDHWA, POLICE STATION TARARI, DISTRICT BHOJPUR. …………………………PETITIONER. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2.THE SECRETARY, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SICHAI BHAWAN, PATNA. 3.THE CHIEF ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AURANGABAD. 4.THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, NORTH KOYAL CANAL CIRCLE, AURANGABAD. 5.THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, AURANGABAD. 6.THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NORTH KOYAL DIVISION NO.I, AURANGABAD. 7.SMT. SHILA DEVI, W/O LATE RAM NIHAL RAM, R/O VILLAGE BANDHWA, POST OFFICE BARKA GUAN, POLICE STATION TARARI, DISTRICT BHOJPUR, AND AT PRESENT WORKING AS PEON IN THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NORTH KOYAL CANAL, DIVISION NO.I, AURANGABAD. …………………………RESPONDENTS. ----------- 02/ 06.04.2011 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks appointment on compassionate ground by taking a plea that her step mother was wrongly appointed on compassionate ground even when she has submitted a forged School Leaving Certificate showing herself to have passed class-VIII examination. The fact that the step-mother was the only wife of the deceased employee and had the first preferential right to be considered for appointment in terms of the Government circular dated 05.10.1991, is however, admitted by the counsel for the petitioner. Therefore, it would appear that the appointment of the step-mother of the petitioner was not in violation of the Government policy. The issue that she had obtained such appointment on the basis of the forged certificate is still to be established by the petitioner, inasmuch as, till date no authority has held such School Leaving Certificate of the Step-mother to be forged. This Court cannot direct the authorities to extend helping hand to the petitioner for establishing this fact and if the petitioner has alleged the fact regarding her step-mother to have obtained appointment on a forged School Leaving Certificate, it is upon himself to prove this fact. As with regard to the claim of the petitioner and with regard to the retiral dues of the deceased employee, this issue cannot be made the subject matter of this writ application and therefore, the petitioner will have to institute an appropriate proceeding for the apportionment of retiral dues in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is dismissed. Ranjan (Mihir Kumar Jha,J)