IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1471 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 7112 of 2009 ====================================================== Vikas Kumar Jha, S/O Late Bachcha Jha, Resident of Village-Bengahi, P.O.-Bengahi, P.S. Bairgania, District-Sitamarhi. .... Petitioner .... Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through Secretary, Home (Police) Department, Patna. 2. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Director General, Police (Personnel), Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Inspector General, Police, Muzaffarpur, District-Muzaffarpur. 5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 6. The Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur, District-Muzaffarpur. 7. The District Magistrate-Cum-Chairman, District Compassionate Committee, Muzaffarpur, District-Muzaffarpur. ....Respondents .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Durga Nand Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s : ------------ ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 5 11-11-2011 Feeling aggrieved by the order dated 2nd August 2011 made by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No. 7112 of 2011, the writ petitioner has preferred this Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. The appellant is the son of one Bachcha Jha. The said Bachcha Jha, a Police Constable, died on 15th August 1988 in harness. It appears that the applications of his widow for Patna High Court LPA No.1471 of 2011 (5) dt.11-11-2011 2 / 2 2 compassionate employment of her adopted son one Vikash Kumar Jha and for compassionate appointment of herself were rejected by the competent authority on 30th March 1991 and on 28th November 1996 respectively. The claim for compassionate employment made by the appellant was rejected in 2005 and 2007 as a belated claim. The appellant has now lodged claim for compassionate employment on the premise that the family is still suffering penury and that the appellant is entitled to compassionate employment. Learned single Judge has rejected the writ petition. Therefore, the present Appeal. Irrespective of the merits of the claim for compassionate employment, we are of the opinion that the employment can not be claimed or offered on compassionate grounds 20 years after the death of the Government servant. For the aforesaid reasons, the Appeal is dismissed in limine. B. Tiwary/Anjani /- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)