SB Civil Writ Petition No. 8170/2004 Surendra Kumar Rawat Vs Union Bank of India & anr 24.8.2007 Hon'ble Mr Justice Ashok Parihar Mr SK Singodia – for petitioner Mr RK Kala – for respondents BY THE COURT: Father of the petitioner died on 6.3.1997. petitioner has prayed for compassionate appointment in the present writ petition filed on 22.11.2004. It has been submitted that immediately after death of father, application for compassionate appointment had already been submitted by the mother and, subsequently, after attaining majority, the petitioner had also submitted proper application. In reply, it has been submitted that no such application was submitted by the mother of the petitioner in time. Even the petitioner had attained majority in the year 1999, whereas, the application has been filed in April, 2002 only. There cannot be any dispute that compassionate appointment cannot be claimed as a matter of right nor it is a source of recruitment. In view of the consistent judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, with the lapse of time, the directions, as sought, cannot be granted by this court under writ jurisdiction. The writ petition is dismissed accordingly as having no merit. (Ashok Parihar) J. bnsharma