IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5354 of 2006 RAHUL KUMAR SHARMA, son of late Gajendra Prasad Singh, resident of village Danara, P.S. Bikram District Patna----------------------petitioner Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna 3.The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna 4.The Superintending Engineer, Anchal Office, Irrigation (Mechanical),Mithapur,Patna-respondents ----------- For the petitioner :Mr.Binod Kumar For the State :Mr.Neeraj Nandan, G.P.18 ----- 3. 4.2.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks compassionate appointment upon the death of his father who died in harness on 28.3.1970 and with respect to which the petitioner had filed applications in the year 1990 and 1996 but the same, according to the petitioner, have not yet been considered and disposed of by the authorities. The petitioner’s father having died on 28.3.1970 when there was no scheme of the State Government for appointment on compassionate ground which came for the first time in the year 1977, there was no occasion for the petitioner to have applied and been considered for appointment on compassionate ground. 2 In any case, the matter is quite stale and in terms of the law laid down by the Apex Court and this Court repeatedly, no such application shall be considered if the family has been able to overcome the financial crisis for such substantial number of years. In the aforesaid circumstances, there is no case for the petitioner to be considered for appointment on compassionate ground. The writ application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/