1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 100 OF 2005 Shashikant Ramesh Khare .. .. Petitioner Versus The General Manager, State Bank of India and others .. .. Respondents Shri A. B. Madke, Advocate h/f Shri M. S. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. A. Kulkarni, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1 to 3. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 16TH JULY, 2009. ORAL ORDER [PER NARESH H. PATIL, J.] : 01. Heard. 02. Petitioners father was serving with the respondent Bank. He died while serving with the bank. Petitioner applied for 2 compassionate appointment. His application came to be rejected by the bank by reasoned order, which was communicated to the petitioner. We have perused the communication made by the petitioner to the bank in the month of July, 2003. According to Shri Kulkarni learned counsel appearing for the respondents, the petitioner's father died in the year 2000 and nine years have lapsed. Considering purpose behind appointment on compassionate ground and the scheme laid down, it would be too late now to consider the petitioner's case. 03. We are not in agreement with the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner. We find that petitioner's family received some amount and petitioners mother is receiving family pension. Petitioner's grand mother received gratuity amount. Considering, all these facts and circumstances of the case, though the petition was filed in the year 2005, the petition was kept pending. There is no merit in the petition. Petition is dismissed. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] bsb/July 09