IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7379 of 2006 RAN VIJAY KUMAR SINGH, son of late Shivnath Singh, resident of vill. & P.O. Babura,P.S. Barhara, Dist. Bhojpur---------petitioner Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.The Director General (Jail) Home, Jail Department, Bihar, Patna 3.The Inspector General (Jail) Bihar,Patna 4.The Home Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar,Patna 5.The Superintendent, Adarsh Kendriya Kara, Beure, Patna-----------------respondents ----------- 2. 28.2.2009 Heard learned counsels for the parties. The petitioner, who has been given compassionate appointment on the post of Peon, seeks a direction upon the respondent authorities to appoint him on Class III post of Warden. The admitted position is that the petitioner on being offered the post of Peon for appointment on compassionate ground has already joined the said post on 16.7.2003. Thereafter now he seeks appointment to the Class III post of Warden. The settled position of law is that a person who is offered and accepts compassionate appointment of a Class IV post cannot thereafter seek upgradation to a higher Class III post since compassionate appointment is meant to take care of the family’s immediate financial hardship and not 2 for the purpose of providing for social status as per the demands of the applicant. Since the petitioner has already accepted the said appointment the process for appointment on compassionate ground has come to an end and it cannot be reopened in order to appoint the petitioner again on a higher Class III post or any other post. In the above circumstances, there is no merit in the writ application. It is, accordingly, dismissed. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/