IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1484 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3668 of 2009 With Interlocutory Application No. 7021 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No.1484 of 2011 ====================================================== Hela Rani Das W/o Late Bhim Das Resident of Kayasthpara, Jamtara, P.S. Jamtara, District Jamtara, Jharkhand. .... .... Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Secretary Minor Irrigation Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Anchal Bhagalpur. 4. Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Jhajha, Jamui. 5. Sub-Divisional Officer, Minor Irrigation, Chakai, Jamui. 6. Lakhan Prasad, father’s name not know, Clerk in the Sub-Divisional Office, Minor Irrigation Department, Chakai, Jamui. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Lalit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Singh, A.C. to GP-5 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2. 17-10-2011 Interlocutory Application No. 7021 of 2011: Patna High Court LPA No.1484 of 2011 (2) dt.17-10-2011 2 / 2 2 Delay of 21 days occurred in filing the Letters Patent Appeal is condoned. Interlocutory Application stands disposed of. Letters Patent Appeal No.1484 of 2011: The appellant-writ petitioner, the widow of one Bhim Das, filed the above C.W.J.C. No. 3668 of 2009 to claim compassionate employment on the premise that she was the dependent of the aforesaid late Bhim Das. The said Bhim Das was employed under the Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Jhajha, Jamui. He passed away on 16th September 1998 in harness. The claim has been rejected by the learned single Judge on the ground of gross delay. Therefore, the present Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. We agree with the learned single Judge. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Pawan/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)