IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1290 of 2006 Meera Devi, wife of late Rishideo Yadav, resident of village Farda Prem Tola, P.O.Farda, P.S. Naya Ramnagar, Distt. – Munger…. ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna, through its Chairman 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna (Bihar) 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna (Bihar) 4. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Electricity Board, Bhagalpur Electric Supply Area, Bhagalpur 5. The Director, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna (Bihar) 6. The Deputy Director of Personnel (Adm.), Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 7. The Additional Director General (Police), Vigilance Cell, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. ……………. Respondents. ------------- For the petitioner:- Mr. Sanjiv Krishna Bariar, Advocate For Vigilance :- Mr. Prabhu Narayan Sharma, J.C. to IC Spl.PP,.Vigilance For the Board :- M/S Vinay Kirti Singh and Vijay Kumar Verma,Advocates. ------------- 7. 24.03.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsels for Bihar State Electricity Board and for the Vigilance. The petitioner seeks direction upon the authorities of the Respondent-Board to appoint him on compassionate ground. The case of the petitioner is that her husband, late Rishideo Yadav was posted as unskilled Khalasi under the Board and died on 17.6.2002 while still in service and after his death she applied for appointment on compassionate ground and after all verifications including by the Medical Board no steps are being taken for issuing the necessary letter of compassionate appointment to the petitioner. It is submitted that all formalities had been completed in the year 2003 - 2 - itself. The stand of the Respondent-Electricity Board is that the case of the petitioner was placed before the Area Compassionate Committee on 1.10.2004 but on the ground that the deceased had been given appointment on compassionate ground and further that the case of appointment of her husband is under investigation by the Vigilance Department, it was decided to keep the matter pending and the papers were forwarded to the Secretary of the Board for necessary direction. A counter affidavit has also been filed by the Vigilance Department (Electricity Board Cell) in which it is stated that one Tanuk Lal Yadav, elder brother of Munilal Yadav, who had left his job after working for some time in the Board, had continued to work in the name of Munilal Yadav from 1963 till 1993 and on his death his son Rishideo Yadav, the deceased husband of the petitioner, was appointed on compassionate ground. When the matter was reported to the Vigilance Department due enquiry was made and on the basis of the materials collected during the preliminary enquiry it was found that offence has been committed and an FIR being Vigilance P.S. Case No. 59/2006 was registered on 26.9.2006 under Sections 181,182,191,192,193,196,197,198, 200, 219, 220, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against various officials of the Board and the relations of the deceased Tanuk Lal Yadav and other persons which is still under investigation. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this - 3 - Court does not consider the action of the authorities of the Board in keeping the matter of the petitioner regarding compassionate appointment pending in any way unjustified. There is thus, no merit in the writ application and it is accordingly dismissed. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)