1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8149 OF 2009 Mehrunnisa begum w/o Mohammad Afzal ..... PETITIONER VERSUS The Registrar, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parbhani, and others .... RESPONDENTS Mr. A.G.Dalal, Advocate for petitioner. ........................... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 23/03/2010 PER COURT : 1. This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by which the petitioner prays for issuance of writ directing the respondent nos. 1 and 21 to “ offer employment to the petitioner on compassionate ground in place of her deceased mother in law ” and prays that by way of an interim relief direct the respondents to offer some job on daily wage basis to the petitioner. 2. The mother in law of the petitioner by name Fatemabee was in the employment of the respondents and while in service, died on 18/2/1996. The husband of the petitioner i.e. son of deceased Fatemabee applied on 22/5/1995 for being appointed on 2 compassionate ground . It appears that his request was not taken into consideration by the respondents and accordingly had sent 2 reminders, but the request of the husband of the petitioner went unheeded. Mean while, on 12/1/2001 the husband of the petitioner i.e. son of deceased Fatemabee also died. The petitioner for the first time applied on 4/2/2009 seeking employment on compassionate ground in place of her deceased mother in law Smt. Fatemabee. Since no response was received by the petitioner, she sent a reminder on 17/6/2009. As the petitioner has not been given appointment on compassionate ground , the present petition has been filed. 3. This petition suffers from gross delay and latches. During the life time of the husband of the petitioner, no efforts were made by him for filing petition in this Court seeking appropriate relief. The husband of the petitioner died in the year 2001 and the petitioner applied for the first time in February 2009. The entire delay has gone unexplained in the petition. 4. compassionate appointment is an immediate measure provided to the family of the unfortunate employee, who dies in harness. The object of appointment on compassionate ground is to ensure that the family members of the deceased employee are not required to undergo the rigor in order to survive and make both ends meet. The necessity of appointment on compassionate ground is diluted on account of passage of time. The mother in law of the petitioner died in the year 1996 and obviously after 14 years the necessity of seeking appointment on compassionate ground does not survive. The conduct of the parties deviates from the purpose of issuance of appointment on compassionate ground. 5. After taking into consideration the submission advanced 3 before us by Mr. A.G.Dalal, learned counsel for the petitioner, according to us, no case for interference is made out and consequently this Writ Petition, which is sans merit, thus summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 8149.09