IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2646 of 2008 MANISH KUMAR, S/O SHREE MRITUNJAY KUMAR, R/O BABU BAZAR, CHITRAGUPTA MANDIR, ARA, P.O. ARA, P.S. ARA, DISTRICT BHOJPUR AT ARA. .............PETITIONER. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2.THE COLLECTOR, GAYA AT GAYA. 3.THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, LADIES ELGINE HOSPITAL, GAYA,(LADIES HOSPITAL, GAYA). .............RESPONDENTS ----------- 02/ 21.04.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks direction for consideration of his case for appointment on compassionate ground on a plea that his mother Sudha Devi while working as Grade-A Nurse in Ladies Elgine Hospital, Gaya died in harness on 18.02.2006. Counsel for the petitioner would submit that despite filing of application by the petitioner on 28.11.2007 for appointment on compassionate ground, no final decision has been taken as yet. Dr. A.K Upadhayay, counsel appearing on behalf of the State by taking instruction from the concerned authority has submitted that the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground was duly forwarded for its being placed before the 2 District Compassionate Appointment Committee in July 2010, but no final decision has been taken by the committee as yet. He further submits that the petitioner in fact is required to submit a certificate in the intervening period after the death of his mother that he was not gainfully employed in any other service. Counsel for the petitioner would submit that he has no instruction on this aspect, inasmuch as, when the writ application was filed on 04.02.2008, no such requirement was even sought to be fulfilled by the petitioner. Be that as it may, since, the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground is said to be still pending before the District Compassionate Appointment Committee, this Court would direct the Collector of Gaya district to place the matter of the petitioner in the next meeting of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee and take an appropriate decision in terms of the Government policy. The petitioner is also given liberty to file the certificate or any other document required by the Compassionate Appointment Committe, which 3 may substantiate his claim in terms of the Government policy. Respondent no. 3, Medical Superintendent of Lady Elgine Hospital, Gaya is hereby directed to ensure that whatever information/document has to be obtained from the petitioner, the petitioner must be intimated within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, or order before him and upon filing of such information/document he must also send the same to the Collector of Gaya district for its being placed before District Compassionate Appointment Committee. The whole exercise including consideration by the Committee, the resultant appointment, if any, must be completed within a period of four months from the date of filing of the documents/information by the petitioner. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this application is disposed of. Ranjan (Mihir Kumar Jha,J)