CW 1406/95 //1// In the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan Jaipur Bench ** Civil Writ Petition No.1406/1995 Rajendra Pal Versus State & Ors. Date of Order ::: 12/02/09 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi Mrs. Chitra Goyal, for petitioner Mr. Chetan Bairwa, Addl. Govt. Counsel, for respondents. Instant petition has been filed by petitioner seeking compassionate appointment. His father while in service holding post of Constable in police Department, died on 01/08/79 when petitioner was hardly 10 years of age. It appears that upon attaining majority, petitioner submitted application seeking compassionate appointment on 09/01/91. However, petitioner was not considered because of such inordinate delay for seeking compassionate appointment. Counsel for petitioner submits that since the petitioner was minor at the relevant point of time and immediately upon attaining majority , applied for compassionate appointment; as such delay could not have been considered to be the basis for denial of his legitimate claim of compassionate appointment. However, compassionate appointment Rules, have been made to mitigate financial hardship of the grieved family which has lost its bread- CW 1406/95 //2// earner, as an exception to the provisions of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution of India. Object of granting compassionate employment is to enable the family to tide over sudden crisis. Mere death of an employee in harness does not entitle his family to such source of livelihood. Consideration of such employment is not vested right. Compassionate employment cannot be claimed and offered at any later point of time or the crisis is over. In Umesh Nagpal Vs State of Haryana (1994(4) SCC 138), the Apex Court held grant of compassionate appointment after lapse of reasonable period is impermissible. In instant case, application, itself, for consideration of compassionate appointment was submitted after 12 years of death of deceased government servant, certainly financial crunch must have been tide over by then and that apart, one cannot claim appointment under scheme of compassionate appointment Rules as a matter of right. Consequently, writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. No order as to costs. (Ajay Rastogi), J. K.Khatri/p.2/1406CW95-12FbCmpsApt.doc