IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11132 of 2006 MANJU CHAUDHARY, wife of late Ranjit Kumar Chaudhary, resident of village Jairampur, P.O.Bihpur, P.S. Bihpur, District Bhagalpur, Presently residing at Professors Colony, Indira Gandhi Stadium, P.S. Khazanchi Hatt District Purnea------------------petitioner Versus 1.Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar Madhepura through the Registrar 2.The Vice Chancellor, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar, Madhepura 3.The Registrar, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar, Madhepura 4.The Principal, K.B.Jha College, Katihar 5.Sri Gauri Kant Jha, son of Kamla Kant Jha, resident of village and P.O. Khabaspur, Farbisganj, District Araria, presently Working as Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, K.B.Jha College, Katihar-respondents ----------- For the petitioner :Mr.S.B.K.Mangalam For the University :Mr.Abhya Kumar ---- 3. 21.4.2009 Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that the present writ application be confined only to the consideration of the compassionate appointment matter and with respect to the arrears of salary, etc. of the petitioner’s husband, the petitioner may be given liberty to file a fresh writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, confined only with respect to appointment on compassionate ground and liberty is given to the petitioner to file fresh writ petition with respect to other claims of the petitioner aforesaid. 2 The petitioner seeks appointment on compassionate ground upon death of her husband who was working as Lecturer in the K.B.Jha College, Katihar since 5.7.1986 and his services were also regularized in terms of the decision of the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 6098 of 1997 regarding IVth Phase Constituent Colleges. It is stated that the husband of the petitioner went missing since 18.11.1997, with respect to which information was also lodged with the Officer-in-charge of Khazanchi Hatt Police Station, Purnea by the brother of the husband of the petitioner on 25.11.1997 and on the expiry of seven years he would be treated as deemed to be dead in terms of the provisions of the Evidence Act and the petitioner would be entitled to appointment on compassionate ground for the said reason. It is stated that the case of the petitioner has not yet been considered and disposed of although the application in this regard was filed on 11.8.2006 by the petitioner. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to 3 the respondent authorities of the University to consider and dispose of the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/