IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3461 of 2003 DIYA DEVI, wife of Late Awadhesh Kumar Sharma, constable/ Home Guard, resident of village Sabania, P.S. Hmalgola, District Patna … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director General of Police, main Secretariat, Patna, Bihar 3. Superintendent of Police (Railway), Patna 4. Commandant General, Homeguard, Bihar, Patna … Respodents. ----------- 6. 24.7.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground having been considered twice by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee and rejected on the ground that her husband was not a Government servant, would hardly require any interference from this Court. It is settled law that the appointment on compassionate ground can be claimed only if the person dying in harness was a confirmed Government servant. The Homeguards are definitely not the Government servant as their engagement itself is only temporary/ occasional in nature. As a matter of fact this Court has already held that even dependent of work charge employee are not entitled for getting appointment on 2 compassionate ground. That being so, this Court would find no merit in this application. Accordingly, it is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/