IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3426 of 2009 Ravi Shankar Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- 03. 07.07.2011 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner’s prayer is for a direction to Respondents to appoint him on the post of Teacher on compassionate ground. Petitioner’s father, who was a Science Teacher in Middle School, Murli at Gopalpur, died in harness on 29.07.1985. Petitioner was minor at the relevant time. Petitioner attained majority in the year 1996 and then filed his application for compassionate appointment. The District Compassionate Appointment Committee on consideration of the Circular of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, contained in Memo No. 4735, dated 19.05.1992, rejected the claim of the petitioner. Delayed compassionate application, filed on behalf of dependents / legal heirs of Government employee, who dies in harness, was considered as not maintainable. Similar view has also been taken in different Bench decisions, reported in 1993 (1) PLJR 414; 1999 (1) PLJR 491 and the decisions of the 2 Supreme Court reported in AIR 1989 SC 1976; and 1994 (4) SCC 138. In all these decisions, it has been held that grant of compassionate appointment after lapse of a reasonable period is impermissible. I do not find any merit in this application. Accordingly, it is dismissed. SKM (Mridula Mishra, J.)