IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP(T) No. 11871 of 2008. Decided on: 24 th December, 2010. Kamal Kishore. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of Himachal Pradesh and Others. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 ________________________________________________________ __ For the petitioner. : None. For the respondents. : Mr. Anshul Bansal, Additional Advocate General with Mr. P.M. Negi, Deputy Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral) : Petitioner is seeking appointment on compassionate basis after the death of his father on 01.05.2003. The underlined principle to grant compassionate appointment is to enable the family to tide over the financial crises immediately after the death of bread-earner. In the present case, the mother of the applicant is getting pension of `5012/- per month and annual income of the family, as per the reply filed by the respondents is more than ` one lac per annum. Consequently, there are no indigent circumstances for directing the respondents to consider the case of petitioner for compassionate appointment. 2. Accordingly, there is no merit in this petition and the same is dismissed. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge December 24, 2010. (bhupender) 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?.