IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2232 of 2007 Sanjay Kumar Sinha, son of Late Maheshwar Prasad Sinha, resident of village Mahuri, P.O. Mahuri, P.S. and District- Nalanda ……….. Petitioner Versus 1.Bihar State Electricity Board through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 2.General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Central Electric Supply Area, 8-Serpentine Road, Patna 3.Electrical Superintending Engineer, Nalanda Electrical Circle, Biharsharif, Nalanda 4.Navin Kumar Sinha 5.Manoj Kumar Sinha 6.Santosh Kumar, all sons of Late Maheshwar Prasad Sinha 7.Sudha Kumari wife of Satyendra Narain Sinha and daughter of Late Maheshwar Pd.Sinha 8.Sadhna Kumari wife of Ajay Kumar and daughter of Late Maheshwar Pd.Sinha 9.Rina Kumari 10.Pratibha Kumari 11.Rubi Kumari, all daughters of Late Maheshwar Prasad Sinha, all resident of villatge and P.O. Mahuri, P.S. Nalanda, District- Nalanda …….. Respondents. ----------- 2. 23/07/2010 From Annexure-1, the family arrangement, it appears that the deceased employee left behind a large family. As per this family arrangement, elder brother Navin Kumar Sinha was separate before the death of his father and therefore, he did not join in this arrangement. As per stipulations in the family arrangement, petitioner applied for compassionate appointment after death of his father. When his application was being processed at the level of the Board, said Navin Kumar Sinha filed - 2 - objection due to which decision has not been taken as yet by the respondent Board on the application of the petitioner. From Annexure-6, it appears that both, petitioner and Navin Kumar Sinha, were requested to furnish necessary affidavits and inform as to whether consensus had arrived at between them with regard to compassionate appointment or not. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, to his information, though petitioner has filed requisite affidavit, the said Navin Kumar Sinha has not responded to Annexure-6. Annexure-6 was issued in 2005. Respondents are not entitled to wait indefinitely for the response of said Navin Kumar Sinha. Therefore, this writ application is disposed of and the respondents are directed to take final decision in respect of compassionate appointment of one of the dependents of the deceased employee on the basis of records available with them positively within three months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh, J.)