IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17810 of 2011 Md.Sajid SON OF LATE BECHAN TOHID RESIDENT OF KATAHA, P.S. SANKARSA, P.S. KARJA, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ---------------------------------- 2 22/11/2011 Father of the petitioner died in the year 1980. Claim for compassionate appointment of the petitioner was rejected by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee in terms of the letter dated 20.07.1998 contained in annexure-9. Writ application has now been filed in the year 2011 challenging such a decision by the petitioner on the ground that he had no knowledge about such a decision having been taken. Claim of the petitioner was rejected on the ground that it was a belated application. The reason for delay, as explained by the learned counsel for the petitioner, is that the petitioner was a minor, only four years of age, and only when he attained majority that he asserted his right. There are two pit falls with regard to the claim of the petitioner in the present set of facts, one that application has to be made with regard to such claim - 2 - within five years of the death of an employee and there is no law or policy which allows a person to gain majority to assert his right. Other aspect which the Court cannot lose sight of is that the death of the bread earner occurred in the year 1980. The family is surviving for almost 30 years in absence of the bread earner, may not be in a very happy condition. The object of providing compassionate appointment is to provide immediate relief to the family after the death of the bread earner and not after 30 years. This writ application, therefore, is bound to be dismissed in the given facts and circumstances of the case. This writ application is dismissed. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)