IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15495 of 2006 INDAL KUMAR MANJHI, son of Late Jhamli Manjhi, resident of Mohalla- Yarpur (Musahari), P.S.- Gardanibagh, P.O. G.P.O., District- Patna. …. Petitioner. Versus THE PATNA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIOn, thorugh the Commissioner-cum- Chief Executive Officer, Patna. … Respondent. ----------- 3. 30.03.2011 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the Patna Municipal Corporation is present and would submit that the case of the petitioner would be worth consideration inasmuch as the deceased employee had died on 15.4.2006 and an application for appointment on compassionate ground was filed by the petitioner on 10.9.2006. In absence of any counter affidavit, counsel for the Corporation is also not in a position to state the reason for non-consideration of the case of the petitioner for his appointment on compassionate ground in this period of almost five years. In the considered opinion of this Court the very purpose of compassionate appointment gets defeated, if employer/authority does not consider it 2 within a reasonable period. That being so, this Court would direct the respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for compassionate appointment within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and if the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment is rejected, the reasons thereof must be disclosed in the order and should also be communicated to the petitioner. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan/- ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)