IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3578 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 3578 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 3578 OF 2007 Sharad Nivrutti Surve ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. Chief Executive Officer & anr. ] .. Respondents Mr. S.S. Pakale for the petitioner. Mr. A.I. Patel, AGP, for the respondent No.2. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. DATED: 4TH JUNE, 2008 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. S.S. Pakale for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner has been given a compassionate appointment as a Clerk. His grievance is that he was eligible to be appointed as an Extension Officer - Class II and, therefore, he has approached this court. 3. Compassionate appointment is not a matter of right. It is a mercy shown to the family for immediate survival of the family after the death of the employee. The compassionate appointment is always given to the lowest post. : 2 : 4. No interference is called for. Petition stands rejected. Sd/- Sd/- [A.A. [A.A. [A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.] KUMBHAKONI, J.] KUMBHAKONI, J.] [S.B. [S.B. [S.B. MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.]