IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16118 of 2007 Mohammad Ali Imam, son of Late Md. Yunus Rahman, resident of village- Shebhkaranganj, P.O. Daulatpur, P.S. Arrah, Muffasil, Distt. Bhojpur, Arrah Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhavan, 3rd Secretariat, Patna 2. The Joint Secretary, Water Resource Department, Sinchai Bhavan, 3rd Secretariat, Patna 3. Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Aurangabad 4. Executive Engineer, North Koyal Canal Division, Nabinagar, Aurangabad 5. District Magistrate, Aurangabad ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. R.N.Mukhopadhaya, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jawed Gaffar Kha, AC to SC 17. ----------- 2. 5.4.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks compassionate appointment on the death of his father, who is stated to have died on 26.4.1980 as an employee in the work charged establishment but the petitioner claims that he has been subsequently brought into the regular establishment. In the view of this Court none of those issues would have any relevance in view of the fact that the death of the employee itself had taken place in the year 1980 and the writ petition had been filed more than 27 years after the 2 said death. In view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Umesh Kumar Nagpal Vs. State of Haryana: (1994) 4 SCC 138, compassionate appointment cannot be given after the lapse of any period of time as the same is not the grant of a post for a post. It is only meant to take care of the immediate financial hardship that is faced by the family of a deceased employee on account of death of the sole bread earner. If the family of the petitioner has been able to survive the financial distress for a period of nearly 30 years by now, there can be no occasion to consider his case for compassionate appointment at this belated stage. The writ application is accordingly dismissed. S. Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)