IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12147 of 2006 RANJEET KUMAR, son of late Shiv Shankar Paswan, resident of village Etwarpur, P.S. Phulwarisharif (Parsa Bazar O.P.), District Patna … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat Building, Patna 2. The Secretary, Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Vaishali at Hajipur 5. The Deputy Collector Establishment, Vaishali at Hajipur 6. The District Compassionate Committee, Vaishali at Hajipur 7. The DRDA Vaishali at Hajipur through its Chief Executive Officer … Respondents ----------- 6. 29.3.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner for being appointed on compassionate ground in District Rural Organization, Vaishali at Hajipur can be sustained only if the said D.R.D.A., an autonomous body under the Society Registration Act, had ever adopted the Government resolution for making appointment on compassionate ground. Counsel for the petitioner very fairly submits that there is no such adoption of the Government resolution by the D.R.D.A. as with regard to making compassionate appointment in the organization. He also very fairly submits 2 that one case of Dilip Kumar which was earlier being sought to be considered for compassionate appointment also ultimately was rejected on the same ground. If that be so, this Court without calling upon Mr. S.D.Sanjay to answer any of the propositions raised by the petitioner in this writ application must find that the prayer of the petitioner for a direction to appoint the petitioner on compassionate ground is wholly misconceived. It is well settled that a scheme of compassionate ground is a matter of policy and it is the employer who has to decide applicability of the scheme. If the D.R.D.A., an independent organization registered under the Societies Registration Act has never taken any such decision for making the Government Scheme of compassionate appointment applicable also in D.R.D.A., the petitioner being dependent of the deceased employee of D.R.D.A. cannot claim such appointment as a matter of right. That being so, this application is wholly misconceived and is, accordingly, dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/