1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8360/2007 Bhima Ram Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of Order :: 25.4.2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Sukhesh Bhati, for the petitioner/s. ... The petition claimed appointment on compassionate grounds being son of a deceased government servant. Father of the petitioner died on 23.6.1993 and that time the petitioner was minor. After acquiring the age of 18 years the petitioner submitted an application for appointment as Class IV employee on compassionate grounds. The application aforesaid was rejected by the District Education Officer (Secondary), Jalore being barred by limitation. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner at the time of death of his father was minor and his mother was not interested in getting employment, therefore, the right of the petitioner to be employed on compassionate grounds is required to be kept intact till acquisition of eligibility by him. I do not find any substance in the argument advances. The appointment on compassionate grounds cannot be claimed as a matter of right as such type of appointments are an exception to the doctrine 2 of equality, and such exception may have reasonability immediately after death of the sole bread earner but not for an indefinite period. In the present matter, the petitioner is claiming appointment on compassionate grounds after about 15 years from the date of death of his father. No appointment after such a lapse of time shall be justified. The writ petition, therefore, is having no merit and the same is dismissed. (GOVIND MATHUR), J. Jgoyal