IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13880 of 2011 Raju Kumar S/O Late Bhutta Rai R/O Mohalla/Village- Virsinghpur, P.S.- Kalyanpur, Distt.- Samastipur Present Residing Bihar State Electricity Board Colony, Q.No/H-35, P.S.- Shastrinagar, Distt.- Patna ---- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department Of Energy, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 4. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 5. The Director(Personnel), Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 6. The General Manager, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna 7. The Chief Engineer (Civil) , Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 8. The Superintending Engineer (Civil), Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna 9. The Executive Engineer (Civil) Civil Division, New Punaichak, Patna 10. The Chairman/Members of Compassionate Ground Committee, Board Headquarter, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. ---Respondents. ---------------------------------- 04 04.11.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, respondent- Bihar State Electricity Board ( for short ‘Board’) and the State. Petitioner has filed present writ petition claiming appointment on compassionate ground. It is the case of the petitioner that his father Bhutta Rai served the respondent-Board as unskilled khalasi and died in harness whereafter he made an application seeking appointment on compassionate ground which remained pending propelling him to approach this Court seeking the aforesaid relief. Learned counsel for the petitioner has fairly conceded that another lady has also laid a claim declaring herself as wife/widow of the deceased employee. Yet another person has approached the 2 respondent-Board claiming post retrial benefits as well as appointment on compassionate ground claiming therein that the first wife of the deceased employee had died issueless and thereafter he did not marry another lady (the mother of the writ petitioner). There, thus, appears serious dispute with regard to status. The respondent-board has filed counter affidavit stating the aforesaid fact. In such situation, it would be difficult for this Court to direct consideration of the case of the petitioner for compassionate appointment. Let the petitioner approach competent Court for declaration of his status whereafter it will be open to him/her to approach the respondent-Board for appropriate relief. The application stands disposed of. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)