IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.20523 of 2010 MUNNI MEHATARANI D/O LATE SHUKKAR MEHATAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE JARLAHI P.S.MOJAHIDPUR DISTRICT BHAGALPUR- PETITIONER Versus 1.BHAGALPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BHAGALPUR THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BHAGALPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 2.MAYOR, BHAGALPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 3.CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BHAGALPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION --RESPONDENTS ----------- For the petitioner :M/S Gopal Prasad Roy, D.K.Pandey Advocates For the respondents: Mrs. Pravina Kumari(Rai),Advocate ----- 2. 06.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent Municipal Corporation. The petitioner seeks a direction upon the respondent Municipal Corporation to appoint the petitioner as a Sweeper on compassionate ground. Admittedly, the mother of the petitioner, who was an employee of the Municipal Corporation, died on 6.12.1984, i.e., more than 26 years earlier. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner did not apply at that time as she was minor. It is evident from a catena of decisions of the Apex Court and of this Court that appointment on compassionate ground cannot be claimed or given after the lapse of substantial period of time, in this case more than 26 years. 2 In the case of Umesh Kumar Nagpal vs. State of Haryana & Ors. : 1994(4) SCC 138, under similar circumstances, it was held by the Apex Court that the appointment on compassionate ground is not a grant of a post for a post, but is only to take care of the immediate financial hardship caused to the family of the deceased employee. It has also been held that the same cannot be given after lapse of a substantial period of time on the ground that the dependent concerned was minor at the time of death. In the above circumstances, this Court does not find any merit in this writ application. It is, accordingly, dismissed. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/