IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL, CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3127 OF 2005 PETITION NO.3127 OF 2005 PETITION NO.3127 OF 2005 Krishna Ramakant Kesarkar ..Petitioner’ Versus The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Rajendra S. Desai, for the petitioner Ms. Shobha Ajithkumar, for Respondent No.1. CORAM: F.I. F.I. F.I. REBELLO REBELLO REBELLO & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. , JJ. , JJ. DATE: 7TH NOVEMBER,2006 P.C. . It is the case of the petitioner that his father was in service of respondent No.1 for seven years. His father expired in the year 1988. By the present petition the petitioner seeks employment on compassionate basis. 2. The Apex Court has now made it clear that there is no right to get compassionate appointment. Compassionate appointment is to relieve the family from distress when the earning member dies. In the instant case the earning member expired in the year 1988. We are in the year 2006. No case is made out to exercise our extra ordinary jurisdiction. Petition dismissed. (F.I. F.I. F.I. REBELLO, J) REBELLO, J) REBELLO, J) (ANOOP ANOOP ANOOP V. MOHTA J). V. MOHTA J). V. MOHTA J).