IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14905 of 2006 Kamal Ram s/o late Ramdeo Singh, r/o village- Parauli, P.O. Rajipur, P.S. Rani Talab District- Patna ……………………………………………………………………………………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Commissioner, Irrigation Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Bhagalpur. 4. The superintending Engineer, Irrigation Department, Kharagpur, Munger. 5. The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division Tarapur, Munger…………………………………………Respondents. ----------- 2 29-06-2010 Father of the petitioner died on 13.9.1973. At that time there was no provision for compassionate appointment and it came into effect only from 12.7.1975 onwards. Reliance placed by learned counsel for the petitioner on the letter of the Executive Engineer dated 20.2.1996, annexed as Annexure- 2/B, addressed to his mother for submission of application for compassionate appointment is of no worth as 23 years had already elapsed by then. Writ application is apparently devoid of merit and the same is dismissed. S.P. ( J. N. Singh, J.)