1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 1828/2007 Mehboob Khan Vs. Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur. Date of Order :: 12.5.2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Vijay Mehta, for the petitioner. Mr. Yashwant Mehta, for the respondents. ... By this petition for writ a direction is sought by the petitioner seeking appointment on compassionate grounds being a ward of the deceased employee of the Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur. The father of the petitioner Sh. Babu Khan was in employment of Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur and he was terminated from service on 2.4.1986. An industrial dispute raised by Sh. Babu Khan was answered by the labour court, Jodhpur vide award dated 7.11.2000, setting aside the termination and with a direction to reinstate Sh. Babu Khan, however, the reinstatement physically impossible due to death of Sh. Babu Khan on 26.2.1994. Smt. Hasina Bano wife of late Sh. Babu Khan and mother of the present petitioner on 21.11.2000 claimed appointment on compassionate ground but the same was not given to her. Later on in place of Smt. Hasina Bano, the present petitioner made a request seeking appointment on compassionate grounds. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the 2 occasion for the petitioner arose for seeking appointment on compassionate grounds only after the award dated 7.11.2000, and thus, a request was made accordingly on 21.11.2000. Be that as it may, it is not in dispute that Sh. Babu Khan, father of the petitioner, died in the year 1994. The appointment on compassionate grounds is given only to extend a helping hand because of untimely death of sole bread earner. The appointment on compassionate grounds cannot be claimed as a matter of right. In the instant matter a period of about 14 years has already been passed after death of Sh. Babu Khan, thus, it shall not be appropriate now at this stage to direct the respondents to consider and grant appointment to the petitioner on compassionate grounds. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. (GOVIND MATHUR), J. Jgoyal