IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9962 of 2008 REKHA KUMARI, wife of late Diwakar Kumar Vidyarthi, resident of Mohalla Balua Gopalpur, P.S. Motihari Town, District Motihari East Champaran, presently reside at Mohalla Ambedkar Path Gobarsahi, P.O. Khabra, District Muzaffarpur … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna 3. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Bihar, Patna 4. The Registrar General, the High Court of Judicature at Patna 5. The District and Sessions Judge, Civil Court, Bettiah, West Champaran 6. The Registrar, Civil Court, Bettiah, West Champaran … Respondents ----------- 2. 3.5.2011 Heard counsel for the parties. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is confined for a direction to the respondents to consider her case for appointment on compassionate ground. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the husband of the petitioner while working as an employee of Civil Court, Bettiah died in harness on 14.12.2003 and though the petitioner had filed her application for appointment on compassionate ground on 16.1.2004 no final decision has been taken till date. In this context he has also referred to some 2 selection process undertaken in which the petitioner is said to have also cleared the examination but even thereafter her appointment was not made. In this case a counter affidavit was filed earlier by the Joint Registrar of this Court which to say the least was absolutely non-speaking and had disclosed no reason for such a belated consideration of the case of the petitioner. Consequently a supplementary counter affidavit has been filed today, wherein it has been stated that the earlier process of selection undertaken not only for appointment on compassionate ground but other appointments having been found to be vitiated on certain administrative reasons the matter was placed before the Standing Committee of this Court and the Standing Committee has directed for taking fresh steps for all such appointment including compassionate appointment by the District and Sessions Judge, Bettiah. Mr. Chitranjan Sinha, learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the High Court and the District Judge, Bettiah has produced the original records from which 3 it appears that as there was some discrepancy in maintenance of the record and its preparation by way of inventory the matter was brought to the notice of the Inspecting Judge who had thereafter got the matter placed before the Standing Committee and the Standing Committee in its resolution dated 30th November, 2010 had held that the concerned District and Sessions Judge will process promotion from Class IV to Class III post and also appointment on compassionate ground afresh. The Standing Committee also had cancelled the earlier procedure. Mr. Chitranjan Sinha has, therefore, explained that on account of these difficulties that the case of appointment of the petitioner could not be finalized but then he has now instructions from the District and Sessions Judge, Bettiah that the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground will be finalized within a period of two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. In view of the fact that the petitioner has already waited for a period 4 of almost eight years, this Court would direct the District and Sessions Judge, West Champaran, Bettiah to ensure that the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground is considered and decided within a period of two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order and such final decision is also communicated to her in the same period. Let it be made clear that this Court has expressed no opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner but this much is expected that the final decision as with regard to either allowing or rejecting the case of appointment of the petitioner will be taken in the aforementioned period of two months. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/