IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1349 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 661 of 2008 With Interlocutory Application No. 6567 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No. 1349 of 2011 ====================================================== Hiralal Paswan, S/o Late Lakhan Paswan, R/o Nayanand Gola, P.S.- Tikapatti, District-Purnia. .... .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar . 2. District Magistrate, Purnia. 3. Superintendent of Police, Purnia. 4. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dhamdaha, District-Purnia. 5. Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Dhamdaha, District-Purnia. 6. Block Development Officer, Dhamdaha, District-Purnia. 7. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station Tikapatti, District-Purnia. .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha Mr. Kamal Kishore Jha, Advocates. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Alok Kumar, A.C. to GA 1. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2 21-09-2011 Re. Interlocutory Application No. 6567 of 2011: Delay of 93 days occurred in filing the Letters Patent Appeal is condoned. Interlocutory application stands disposed of. Re. Letters Patent Appeal No. 1349 of 2011: This Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent is preferred by the writ petitioner against the judgment and order dated 18th April 2011 passed by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No. 661 of 2008. Patna High Court LPA No.1349 of 2011 (2) dt.21-09-2011 2 / 2 2 In the writ petition filed in 2008, the appellant claimed compassionate employment as Chowkidar under the respondent no. 3 on the premise that his father, a Chowkidar under the respondent no. 3, had passed away in 1984 in harness. The claim for compassionate employment made after 24 years from the date of death of the employee, has been rejected by the learned single Judge on the ground for gross delay. Therefore, the present Appeal. Learned advocate Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha has appeared for the appellant. He has submitted that since the death of the father of the appellant, the appellant has been serving as Chowkidar under the respondent no. 3 and had made application for compassionate employment in 2001. He did not make application for compassionate employment till 2001 as the appellant was assured employment as Chowkidar. We see no merit in the contention raised before us. The learned single Judge has rightly rejected the claim being grossly belated. No case for interference is made out. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Sujit/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)