IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5775 of 2009 KAUSHLENDRA KUMAR SINHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 06.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The only prayer in this writ application is for a direction to the Respondents to expeditiously decide the application of the petitioner for compassionate appointment made in time on the death of his wife on 17.5.2006. Compassionate appointment has its own urgency as the nature of the appointment itself denotes. The Respondents are, therefore, obliged to take appropriate decision on any such application in accordance with law and cannot be permitted to frustrate such application by their inaction. The application is disposed with a direction to the concerned Respondent to take a final appropriate decision in accordance with law on the claim for compassionate appointment and dispose the same by a reasoned and speaking order preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt and/or production of a copy of this order. It is the case of the petitioner that his application for compassionate appointment made in the year 2006 has remained pending, when the harassed citizen approached this Court in 2009. If that be correct, this Court requires Respondent no. 2 to hold administrative enquiry into the matter. If he is satisfied that the 2 petitioner did submit the application in 2006 and the matter remained pending by sheer inaction, compelling the citizen to approach the High Court, for what is otherwise purely administrative matter requiring this Court to perform administrative duties, this Court directs Respondent no. 2 to proceed appropriately against the delinquent concerned. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)