WP(C) 5370/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. L.R. Majumdar, learned counsel for the petitioner who submits that app ropriate direction is to be issued to the respondents to consider the case of th e son of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground. The prayer for compassionate appointment for the petitioner herself is not the case before this Court. The prayer is for the son of the petitioner and his name is Shri Ravi B almiki. The aforesaid prayer for compassionate appointment has been made on account of d eath of the petitioner’s husband way back in 1990 (26.03.90) while in service un der the respondents. By now long 20 years have passed since then. According to t he petitioner, her aforesaid son was a minor at the time of death of her husband . His date of birth is 03.01.1977. Thus, he was only 13 yeas of age. There cannot be any endless compassion in respect of compassionate appointment a nd the same is not the source of recruitment. Such appointment is considered to provide immediate financial assistance to the family in distress. After lapse of considerable period of time a normal presumption is drawn that there is no need for compassionate appointment. After long 20 years of death of the petitioner’s husband, there is no question of appointing the petitioner’s son on compassiona te ground. All the aforesaid aspects of the matter have been dealt with in judge ment and order dated 02.07.2010 passed in W.P.(C) No. 2620/09 (Faziron Nessa v s. State of Assam and others). In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed. However as regards the prayer of the petitioner for releasing the GPF amount and the Group Insurance amount, it is hereby provided that if the petitioner is ent itled to any amount, the respondents may consider the same.