IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10809 of 2007 SURESH SAW @ SURESH PRASAD, son of late Jai Ram Prasad, resident of village Pahleja, P.S. Dehri, District Rohtas, Bihar … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Energy Department, Govt. of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna 3. The Executive Engineer, Dehri-on-sone, Rohtas, Bihar 4. The Junior Engineer, Electric Supply Officer, Karwandia, Rohtas … Respondents ----------- 2. 7.4.2011 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. The petitioner seeks a direction from this Court for considering his case for appointment on compassionate ground by taking a plea that his father died in harness on 25.6.1992. Though no one has appeared on behalf of the Bihar State Electricity Board, nor any counter affidavit has been filed on its behalf, from the reading of the writ application and its Annexures it is clear that the father of the petitioner was working on daily wages. No appointment on compassionate ground can be made in respect of an employee who was working on daily wages. Additionally, this Court would find 2 that the cause of action of the year 1992 has been sought to be raised by the petitioner by filing this belated application after more than 15 years of the death of his father. There is no explanation whatsoever with regard to such a gross delay in filing this writ application. In that view of the matter, this Court will have no other option, but to dismiss this writ application both on the ground of ineligibility of the petitioner to be appointed on compassionate ground as also gross delay and laches on his part in moving this Court. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/