IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1338 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 6519 of 2007 ====================================================== Malti Devi, W/o Late Ram Shankar Rai, R/o Village/ P.O. -Hilalpur, P.S. Hajipur, District Vaishali .... .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna 2. District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur 3. Superintendent of Police, District Vaishali at Hajipur 4. Sub - Divisional Officer, Hajipur, District Vaishali 5. Anchal Adhikari at P.O. and P.S. Hajipur, District Vaishali 6. Officer - In – Charge Industrial Area, Police Station at P.O. / P.S. Hajipur, District Vaishali. .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Mithileshwar Prasad Shukla, Advocate. For the Respondent/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2 28-09-2011 Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 1st April 2011 passed by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No. 6519 of 2007, the writ petitioner has preferred the present Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. The appellant, the widow of one Ram Shankar Rai, claims compassionate employment in Government service on the premise that her father-in-law, one Shiv Nandan Rai was a Government Servant. The said Shiv Nandan Rai passed away in 1990. Appellant’s husband Ram Shankar Rai, the son of the said Shiv Nandan Rai passed away in 2002. She being the widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased is entitled to compassionate Patna High Court LPA No.1338 of 2011 (2) dt.28-09-2011 2 / 2 2 employment. Pursuant to the Scheme for Compassionate Employment framed on 11th August 1990, the learned single Judge has rejected the writ petition. Therefore, the present Appeal. We have perused the aforesaid Scheme for Compassionate Employment dated 11th August 1990. We agree with the learned single Judge that the appellant is not entitled to compassionate employment being the widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased Shiv Nandan Rai as it must be noticed that she is not the widow of the pre-deceased son of the deceased Government servant. Moreover, the claim has rightly been rejected on the ground of delay also. The claim made by the appellant, in our opinion is too tall and misconceived. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Sujit/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)