IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1758 of 2007 Rakesh Kumar, son of late Narain Mahto, resident of village Bakhatpur, P.O. Tilrath, P.S. Barauni, District Begusarai.........................Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Addl. Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Director, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Collector-cum-Chairman of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee, Begusarai 4. The District Compassionate Appointment Committee through its Chairman, District Begusarai 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Begusarai.......................Respondents -------- 2 16.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. From Annexure-4, a communication from the Collector to the Additional Secretary, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department dated 01.03.1996, it appears that petitioner’s application for compassionate appointment was rejected by the Compassionate Appointment Committee on 31.08.1985. Petitioner’s contention is that he did not receive any communication with regard to rejection of his application and till now he has not received it. On that ground, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that filing of this - 2 - writ application in 2007 is justified. This Court is not in a position to accept the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner. If the petitioner had applied for compassionate appointment on 16.08.1989, it was expected from him to make an enquiry and move the authorities for its early consideration, failing which, petitioner ought to have moved this Court within a reasonable time. The fact that petitioner has sat over the matter for almost 18 years, shows that he is not really in need of any support from the respondents in the form of compassionate appointment. The writ application, therefore, is dismissed on account of delay and laches. B.T (J. N. Singh, J.)