IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3680 of 2011 Pravin Kumar Pankaj son of late Ram Bilas Singh resident of Village— Rajaura, P.S. Begusarai, Mufassil, District-Begusarai. --- Petitioner. Versus 1. The Divisional Manager((P & I.R.), L.I.C. of India, divisional Office, Zero Mile, Bhagalpur, 2. The Senior Branch Manager, Begusarai Branch Office, Main Road, Dist-Begusarai 3. The Branch Manager, Begusarai, Branch office, Main road, District- Begusarai. ---Respondents. For the petitioner : Mr. Abhay Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the L.I.C. respondent : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Advocate. ----------- 03 08.07.2011 Both sides present. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Corporation which is on record. Heard Petitioner seeks direction upon the officials of the respondents Life Insurance Corporation (for short the ‘Corporation’) to appoint him on Class III post on compassionate grounds since the father of the petitioner while serving the Corporation as Development Officer died on 01.11.2006 while in service. Admitted position is that such application seeking appointment on compassionate ground was filed on 02.03.2007. The respondents in the counter affidavit have explained that maximum age for granting appointment either on merit or on compassionate ground is 30 years. Relevant Rule has been enclosed as Annexure-A to the counter affidavit. A stand, therefore, has been taken that at the time of making application for appointment on compassionate ground, the petitioner 2 crossed the maximum age limit of 30 years. In that view of the matter, the claim of the petitioner was considered and not acceded to. Law is well-settled that the Court cannot direct the respondents to act in breach of law/rule/regulation. Reference in this regard may be made to the case of Food Corporation of India and Anr. Vs. Ram Kesh Yadav & Anr. [(2007) 9 Supreme Court Cases 531]. In that view of the matter, this Court declines to grant the relief. The application is dismissed. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )