IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13015 of 2007 Husna Khatoon, Daughter of late Halimun Nisha, resident of Line Bazar, Near Choti Masjid, P.S. Hat, Dist. Purnea. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Deputy Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Purnea. 4. The Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Purnea. 5. The Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Barari, Katihar. ------- Respondents ----------- 2 11.4.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Admittedly, the petitioner is a divorced daughter of the deceased employee who died way back in the year 1988. The petitioner, in terms of the Government circular which was then in vogue, did not qualify, inasmuch as, it is only the unmarried daughter in absence of spouse or son who becomes entitled for consideration for appointment on compassionate ground. The petitioner has also not challenged such policy and, therefore, this alone could have been good ground to reject her prayer for compassionate appointment. Additionally, this Court would find that a cause of action of the year 1988 has been sought to be raised before this Court by filing this writ application on 1.10.2007. 2 The inordinate delay of nineteen years has been sought to be explained with the help of Government decision addressed to the Collector, Katihar dated 9th March, 2007 wherein an application of the petitioner dated 9.1.2002 was sent to the Collector for soliciting information as to what had happened on such application. This application of the year 2002 is also not on record and in any event would not explain the delay of almost two decades in moving this Court. If the petitioner had a cause of action for seeking appointment that was in the year 1988 and if she has survived for a period of twenty-three years, she will not be entitled now for exercise of discretionary power of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Thus, both on account of ineligibility of the petitioner as also gross unexplained delay in moving this Court, this writ application must be dismissed. It is ordered accordingly. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)