IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8809 of 2007 VINOD KUMAR son of late Ram Chandra Singh, resident of village- Ram Garhwa, P.S.- Pipra, District- East Champaran (Motihari). …. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Muzaffarpur Division, Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Compassionate Appointment Committee through its Chairman-cum- District Collector, East Champaran at Motihari. 5. The District Superintendent of Education, East Champaran at Motihari. 6. The Deputy Collector Establishment, East Champaran at Motihari. 7. The Block Education Extension Officer, Kesariya District- East Champaran. … Respondents. ----------- 2. 06.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The prayer in this writ application for appointment of the petitioner on compassionate ground after setting aside the impugned order dated 1.2.1994 has to be rejected because;- (i) Such rejection having been made by the Compassionate Appointment Committee on 21.12.1993 and communicated to the petitioner vide memo dated 1.2.1994, has been sought to be assailed by filing this writ application on 23.7.2007 i.e. after 13 to 14 years of the cause of action. There being no explanation whatsoever for this inordinate delay in moving this Court, this writ application is fit to be dismissed on the ground of delay and laches alone. (ii) Admittedly, the date of birth of the 2 petitioner is 25.1.1973 and his father is said to have died in harness on 14.11.1978 which would mean that the petitioner was less than 6 years of age at the time of death of his father. The period of limitation for filing application for appointment on compassionate ground, as per circular dated 14.7.1977, was only two years and the petitioner definitely being aged about 8 years on 14.11.1980, when the said period of two years was completed, had still remained a minor. Therefore, the application filed by the petitioner after he became major on 25.1.1991 could not have been entertained inasmuch as there is no scope of reservation in such appointment on compassionate ground. This aspect of the matter, in fact, again stands settled by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Anil Kumar Singh Vs. State of Bihar & Ors. and other analogous cases reported in 1993(1)PLJR 414. That being so, this Court would not find any merit in this writ application and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. kanchan/- ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)