WP(C) 4024/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. AR Bhuiyan, leaned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. S. Saikia , learned Standing Counsel, PWD. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents to consider his case for appointment on compassionate ground. The p rayer so made is on account of retirement of the father of the petitioner on med ical ground. In this connection, Mr. Bhuiyan, learned counsel for the petitioner has produced the copy of the order dated 27.6.1996, which speaks of granting pr ovisional pension to the father of the petitioner who had gone on invalid pensio n. Long 15 years have gone by since the father of the petitioner had gone on retire ment on medical ground. As per the age declaration by the petitioner in the affi davit in support of the writ petition, his present age is 32 years and thus, 15 years back he was 17 years of age. Compassionate appointment is provided by way of immediate assistance and if considerable periods of time has elapsed, presump tion is drawn that the family fulfils the need and there is no need of compassio nate appointment. That apart as has been held by this Court in a Division Bench Judgment reported in (2008) 4 GLT 140 (Afruja Sakia Yasmin Ahmed Vs. District & Sessions Judge, Golaghat & Ors.) there cannot be any compassionate appointment o n medical ground. For all the aforesaid reasons, there is no merit in the writ petition and accord ingly the writ petition is dismissed.