IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2051 of 2009 MOST.MAKAM DEVI @ MAKAM KUMARI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 11.2.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The petitioner, a widow of an employee, who had died on 18.1.1996, is still awaiting a final decision on the claim of her appointment on compassionate ground. It would appear that the petitioner being the wife of the deceased employee claimed appointment on a Class IV post and the matter also had received attention of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee as would be evident from a letter of the Establishment Deputy Collector dated 13.12.2005. In that view of the matter, when such query of the Establishment Deputy Collector was answered by the Executive Engineer, the employer of the husband of the petitioner, on 22.2.2006 it was expected that the District Compassionate Appointment Committee shall take final decision. That being so, this Court would direct the District Magistrate, Supaul as the Deputy Collector (Establishment), Supaul 2 to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground by placing the case of the petitioner in the meeting of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee within a period of one month from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order and to take an appropriate decision. Let it be made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merit of the claim of the petitioner and therefore, if the case of the petitioner had earlier been considered and rejected by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee, this order will not be a ground for reopening the same. However, any decision with regard to the claim of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground must be communicated to her within a period of three months by the Collector of Supaul District. This application is accordingly disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/ 3