WP(C) 1989/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. F.U. Borbhuya, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as M s. B. Bhuyan, learned Standing counsel, PWD. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has called in question th e minutes of the meeting of the District Level Committee held on 27.03.2010 towa rds consideration of the cases for appointment on compassionate ground. In the s aid minutes of the meeting, the cases of the incumbents for appointment on compa ssionate ground were considered in both the categories, i.e. Grade III and Grave IV. The case of the petitioner also came for consideration alongwith nine other candidates for Grade IV post. In the minutes of the meeting, it was observed th at the petitioner did not mention her date of birth and the relationship with t he deceased employee. However, same was not the ground for rejection of her cand idature. Her candidature was considered, but could not be recommended for want o f vacancy. As per the minutes of the meeting, there was only one vacant post (Back log) against which one Shri Raju Das whose case was recommended by the District Level Committee, was considered. According to the petitioner her candidature having been rejected on the ground of non-mentioning of her date of birth and the relationship with the dece ased employee, her case is required to be considered afresh. Ms. Bhuyan, learned Standing counsel, PWD submits that in case of availa bility of only one vacancy and even otherwise also the authority is required to consider the cases of the different incumbents in terms of the observations made in Achyut Ranjan Das vs. State of Assam and others reported in 2006 (4) GLT 67 4. In the said judgment and order this Court while laying down the guidelines fo r consideration of the cases for compassionate ground also made observation rega rding the parameters and yardsticks to be followed in making compassionate appoi ntment. Mrs. B. Bhuyan, learned Standing counsel, PWD has produced the written i nstruction furnished to her vide letter dated 07.05.2011. In paragraph-6 of the letter it has been stated thus: The case of the petitioner was placed before the Deputy Commissioner, Cachar vi de T.O. No. EE/1311/08/11, dated 11.11.2008 along with such other similar situat ed persons and in all cases the date of birth relationship etc. were given duly. Subsequently prior to the DLC meeting some relative information as per specifie d forants were submitted vide T.O. No. E/1311/2010 dated 22.07.2010 in which the re was no mention about the date of birth & relatiohship of any persons and in t he DLC meeting dated 23.07.2010 one post of In the instant case, the District Level Committee in its meeting held on 23.07.2010 while considering the cases of various candidates for appointment on compassionate ground took note of the statement of the Executive Engineer and r ecommended the case of Shri Raju Das for appointment on compassionate ground. Apart from the fact that Shri Raju Das is not a party respondent to his proceeding, the very fact that the Committee constituted for the purpose had tak en note of the statement of the Executive Engineer with further intimation that it had considered all aspects of the matter, will go to show that the Committee in consideration of the relevant aspects of the matter recommended Shri Raju Da s for appointment against the solitary vacancy of Grade-IV which was also a back log vacancy. In the instant case, the father of the petitioner expired on 26.08.2001. By now almost 10 years have gone by. Needless to say that compassionate appoint ment is not a source of recruitment. Needless also to say that there cannot be e ndless compassion. Normally a presumption is drawn that when the family can surv ive for long spell of time after death of the sole breadwinner, there is no ques tion of compassionate appointment. Apart from the above aspect of the matter, the challenge in this proceed ing is the recommendation of the District Level Committee which has attained its finality. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed.