IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7005 of 2007 RAVIRANJAN KUMAR, son of late Suresh Prasad Singh, resident of village and P.O. Chauri, P.S. Daudnagar, District Aurangabad (Bihar) … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through its Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna-1 2. The Collector cum District Magistrate, Aurangabad, District Aurangabad 3. The Deputy Collector I/C Establishment, Collectoriate Office, Aurangabad, District Aurangabad 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Aurangabad, District Aurangabad 5. The District Compassionate Committee, Aurangabad, District Aurangabad … Respondents ----------- 3. 8.4.2011 Heard Mr. Ashok Kumar Choudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. As a matter of fact the prayer made in this writ application is squarely covered by an earlier adjudication sought for by the petitioner himself in C.W.J.C.No. 13343/2003 which was dismissed by a reasoned order dated 12.4.2004 and an appeal, L.P.A.No. 638/2004, also filed by the petitioner was dismissed as not pressed. Once this aspect would be clear that the petitioner’s prayer for compassionate appointment has not found favoured from this Court in the earlier 2 round of litigations there would be no question of going into the same issue as principle of res judicata would stare in the case of the petitioner. The submission of Mr. Choudhary that there are certain order which would cover the case of the petitioner also is of no consequence, inasmuch as the issue in question has also been settled by the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Anil Kumar Singh vs. State of Bihar & ors., reported in 1993(1) PLJR 414, wherein it has been held that a minor does not have a right to be considered at any point of time and in fact he must be eligible on the date of filing of the application. That being so, this Court would not find any reason to interfere with the matter. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/