IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3478 of 2007 Sunil Kumar, son of Late Nemani Sah, resident of Village – Navada Ward No.8, Naugachia,District Bhagalpur..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Commissioner, Food and Civil Supply, Bihar, Patna 3. Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna 4. District Manager, Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Bhagalpur 5. Managing Director, Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd., Sone Bhawan, Patna................Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner: Ms.Mallika Mazumdar, Advocate For the Corporation: Mr. Amarendra Narayan Rai, Advocate 2 23.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent-Corporation. Petitioner’s application for his appointment on compassionate ground in place of his father, who died in harness on 17.04.2005 from class IV post under the Bihar State Food Corporation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’), has been rejected. Counter affidavit and supplementary counter affidavit have been filed from which it appears that on account of financial crunch of the Corporation, the State Government has banned fresh appointments in the Corporation. Along - 2 - with the supplementary counter affidavit, the orders of this Court passed in similar other writ applications in respect of the Corporation have been annexed as Annexure- D series. In view of such factual position in respect of the Corporation, this Court is unable to grant any relief to the petitioner. The writ application is, accordingly, dismissed. However, it is made clear that, in case, in future situation improves and the Corporation starts considering the applications of the claimants for compassionate appointment on merits, petitioner may also seek for his appointment along with others similarly situated. B.T (J. N. Singh, J.)