IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8026 of 2008 Tara Devi, W/o Prit Manjhi, resident of Village Barwa Parsauni, P.S. Inarwa, District West Champaran. ------ Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Education Appointment Committee through the District Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah. 3. The District Establishment Committee, West Champaran at Bettiah. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, West Champran at Bettiah. ------- Respondents ----------- 2 25.4.2011 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. From reading of the writ application, it would be clear that the husband of the petitioner had died in harness on 7.4.1979 and this writ application was filed after 29 years of such death. From the counter affidavit, it is also clear that the case of the petitioner was duly considered and rejected by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee on the ground of delay itself. That being so, this Court would not find any reason to keep the hope of the petitioner alive as with regard to seeking compassionate appointment on the ground of death of her husband, which had taken place in the year 2 1979. In that view of the matter, this application is wholly misconceived apart from being barred by principle of delay and laches. It is accordingly dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)