IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.20879 of 2010 RAGINI MAHATHA D/0 late Pashupati Mahtha resident of village Mali Nagar, P.S. Chak Mahasi District-Samastipur…. Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Deputy Director, Personnel Bihar State Electricty Board, Bidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Ahnchal Muzaffarpur. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Electrical Bihar State Electricity Board, Muzaffarpur Circle, Muzaffarpur. 6. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Muzaffarpur (East). 7. Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, General Administration Department, Patna……. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For B.S.E.B.: Mrs. Nilu Agrawal,Advocate Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate --------- 2. 5.1.2011 The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 16.3.2002, by which the claim of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground has been rejected by the authorities of the respondent Bihar State Electricity Board. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that against the said order a review application was filed on 21.6.2006, which has not been disposed of. The admitted position is that the father of the petitioner died on 9.11.1995 and the petitioner did not challenge the impugned order of rejection of the application for compassionate - 2 - appointment passed nearly nine years earlier, before this Court. Even the so called review application, which has no value in the eye of law as there is no provision for review, was allegedly filed on 21.6.2006, although there is nothing to show that the said application was actually received in the office. If the petitioner had any grievance in the matter she ought to have approached this Court immediately after rejection of the claim for appointment on compassionate ground. It has been held in a catena of decisions that the purpose of giving appointment on compassionate ground is to meet the immediate financial destitution of the deceased’s family and compassionate appointment cannot be granted after a lapse of substantial period of time, nor is it a right which can be exercised at any time in the future. This Court does not find any merit in the writ application and it is, accordingly, dismissed. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )