IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1303 of 2006 Naqi Bano @ Salma WIFE OF LATE S.B. IMAM RESIDENT OF MOHALLA MOGALPURA, FAUZDARI KUAN, P.S. KHAJEKALAN, PATNA CITY, PATNA. Versus The Union Of India & Ors ---------------------------------- 4 23/12/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Death of the husband of the petitioner happened on 10.5.1989. According to her she is the second legally wedded wife of the employee who happened to be the line man in the department of Telecommunication who had made an application before the respondent authorities for compassionate appointment within the time frame of five years. The authorities did not accept her claim because there were other legal heirs also and there was no record reflecting about the status of the present petitioner, so far the respondents are concerned, in their official record. Thereafter the petitioner is supposed to have approached the Civil Court for obtaining a declaration in her favour. This writ application has now been filed for giving a direction upon the respondents to give her compassionate appointment. - 2 - The object of compassionate appointment is to reach out to the family due to sudden death of the bread earner. The death happened more than 21 years ago. The primary object of providing compassionate appointment, therefore, has lost its meaning in the last two decades. Since compassionate appointment is not for getting back door employment and the primary objective of compassionate appointment has lost its meaning over the years now, no direction is required to be given in the present writ application for appointment of the petitioner or any legal heirs claiming under her for compassionate appointment. This writ application is dismissed. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)