IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.443 of 2010 1. CHANDRASHEKHAR PRASAD SINHA S/O LATE SHESHNATH MANDAL R/O VILL.- JAITPUR, P.O.- RAMPUR, P.S.- KHALGAON, DISTT.- BHAGALPUR, AT PRESENT PEON, OFFICE OF THE BLOCK EDUCATION EXTENSION OFFICER, PIRPAITI, BHAGALPUR Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE DIRECTOR, PRIMARY EDUCATION GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BHAGALPUR 4. THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER BHAGALPUR ----------- 02/ 17.05.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Father of the petitioner died on 13.01.1984. Petitioner filed his application for compassionate appointment on 17.02.1984 and the District Compassionate Committee rejected the claim of the petitioner being time barred. Thereafter, District Education Officer, Bhagalpur (Respondent No.4) informed District Magistrate, Bhagalpur that petitioner’s application for compassionate appointment was not time barred and it should be reconsidered. The District Compassionate Committee thereafter vide order dated 10.6.1987 allowed his application for appointment on Class IV post. The petitioner was appointed on Class IV post, joined on 18.7.1987 and since then, working on this post. In the year, 2009 petitioner has given representation - 2 - for reconsideration of his case of compassionate appointment on Class III post. I do not find that the petitioner can make any such request after remaining in service for more than twenty years. The petitioner never appeared in any departmental examination for promotion from Class IV to Class III post itself. It seems that the petitioner wishes that his case for promotion from Class IV to Class III should also be considered on compassionate ground, which is completely against the statutory provision. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)