IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10907 of 2007 SRIMATI SANTI DEVI, wife of late Ganesh Poddar, resident of village Datbal, P.O. Aliganj, P.S. Habibpur, District Bhagalpur … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Principal, Police Training School, Nathnagar, Bhagalpur 3. Secretary, Home (Police) Department, Govt.of Bihar, Patna 4. Inspector General of Police, Bhagalpur … Respondents ----------- 2. 7.4.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The petitioner’s prayer for appointment on compassionate ground has been not found tenable by the respondents, inasmuch as she does not possess the requisite qualification even for being appointed against Class IV post. Counsel for the petitioner would submit that earlier the married daughter of the petitioner had filed an application for appointment on compassionate ground but that was rejected in view of the policy of the State Government classifying only unmarried daughter to be eligible for appointment on compassionate ground in case the wife and the son of the deceased employee are not available for such compassionate 2 Surendra/ appointment. He would accordingly submit that after rejection of the case of the married daughter of the petitioner, the petitioner had to come out for such appointment on compassionate ground. The eligibility criteria laid down by the Government policy cannot be relaxed and if the petitioner does not possess the requisite qualification of having passed Class VIII examination she cannot be appointed on compassionate ground. In fact this aspect of the matter even after being specifically asserted in the counter affidavit that the petitioner does not possess the requisite qualification has not been sought to be controverted by filing any rejoinder affidavit. Thus, ineligibility of the petitioner on account of her not being educationally qualified even for a Class IV post would stand in her way seeking compassionate appointment. This Court, accordingly, will have no other option but to dismiss this application. It is ordered accordingly. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) 3