IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4694 of 2011 1. Prabhawati Devi WIFE OF LATE SOHAN RAM RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SEMAPUR, DISTRICT KATIHAR. 2. SUBHAS CHANDRA GUPTA SON OF LATE SOHAN RAM RESDIENT OF SEMAPUR, DISTRICT KATIHAR. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. DIRECTOR AGRICULTURE, BIHAR, PATNA. 3. JOINT AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR, KOSI DIVISION, SAHARSA. 4. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KATIHAR. 5. DEPUTY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, BIHAR, PATNA. 6. SUB-DIVISIONAL AGRICULTURE OFFICER (EXTENSION), KATIHAR. ----------- 2 25/07/2011 Death of the so called bread earner occurred in harness in the year 1987. Whatever be the circumstance or explanation offered for lodging the claim in the year 2005, the object of granting compassionate appointment to a family is to provide immediate relief to the family in the event of loss of the bread earner of the family. It is not a mode of appointment under the State. If the petitioners have managed their lives for the last 23 years in absence of the bread earner, no case for giving any direction for appointment on compassionate can be issued now. This writ application is dismissed. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) - 2 -