IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16583 of 2007 AJEET KUMAR MISHRA,S/O LATE SATYA NARAYAN MISHRA, R/O VILLAGE-HAJUR NAGAR, POST OFFICE-MOLE TOLA, P.S PIRPATI, DISTRICT BHAGALPUR. ………………………………PETITIONER. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2.THE REVENUE AND LAND REFORM DEPARTMENT THROUGH JOINT SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3.THE CONSOLIDATION DIRECTOR LAND MORTGAGE BANK BUDH MARGE, FOURTH FLOOR, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4.THE CONSOLIDATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DISTRICT BHOJPUR (ARA.). 5.THE CONSOLIDATION OFFICER, ANCHAL OFFICE-BOXUR, DISTRICT-BHOJPUR (ARA). 6.THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, DISTRICT-BHOJPUR (ARA). 7.THE ADDITIONAL COLLECTOR(ESTABLISHMENT), DISTRICT-BHOJPUR (ARA). ……………………………RESPONDENTS. ----------- 02/ 13.04.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner. The prayer of the petitioner seeking direction for appointment on compassionate ground on a plea that his father died on 15.03.1988, has to be held to be wholly belated, inasmuch as, the present writ application was filed on 07.12.2007 i.e. after 19 years of cause of action. Normally unexplained delay and laches by itself would be a ground for rejecting any writ application but then a writ application seeking direction for appointment on compassionate ground has to be definitely rejected because the whole purpose of 2 appointment on compassionate ground is to find out immediate relief for the dependent family member of the deceased employee. Here in this case, the deceased employee died on 15.03.1988 and the family of the deceased employee has survived for the next 23 years. The petitioner also has filed this writ application almost after expiry of two decades and therefore, the delay and laches would be a sufficient ground to dismiss the case of the petitioner. That being so, this application is dismissed on the ground of unexplained delay and laches. Ranjan (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.)