IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17290 of 2011 Rakesh Kumar S/O Late Surya Rai R/O Village-Rajapur, P.O. & P.S.- Gopalganj, Distt.-Gopalganj (Bihar) Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Collector/District Magistrate cum President, District Compassionate Committee, East Champaran, Distt.-East Champaran (Motihari) 3. The Executive Engineer, Trihut Nahar Pramandal No. 1, Motihari, Distt.-East Champaran (Motihari) ----------- 02. 21.11.2011 Prayer of the petitioner is to quash the decision of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee whereby and whereunder his claim for appointment on compassionate ground has been rejected under the circumstances that the so- called deed or document of adoption executed in the year 2006 after the death of the so-called adoptive father indicates that the petitioner was no longer a minor on that date. In fact, he was almost 22 years of age. Submission of the counsel for the petitioner is that Mukhiya has given certification that there is a custom for adoption even of majors in such community and therefore, the adoption is very much in order. Since the petitioner does not belong to a community, a caste or a tribe which has a different kind of tradition and customs as such, such customs are only made to overcome the legal impediment which comes in the way of acceptance of valid adoption of the petitioner under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act. 2 Obviously, all exercise has been done only with an object of back door entry by way of compassionate appointment much after the death of the so-called employee. Respondents have done no wrong in rejecting the claim of the petitioner in such circumstances. Writ has no merit. It is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)