IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1572 of 2007 MOSTT.PAVITRI DEVI, wife of late Sukh Ram Yadav, Resident of Village- Shahpur, P.O.- Lalsahpur, P.S.- Sadar, District- Darbhanga :--- Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, 2. Sri Shiv Darshan Ram, the Chief Engineer, National Highway, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. Sri Pramod Narayan Singh, the Superintending Engineer, National Highway Circle, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. Sri Ajit Kumar, the Executive Engineer, National Highway Western Division, Rajbanshi Nagar, Patna. 5. Dr. B.Rajendra, the Collector-cum-Chairman, District Compassionate Appointment Committee, Patna, 6. Ravindra Pawar, the Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna :-----Respondents/Opposite Parties/Contemnors. ----------- 6. 08.04.2009. In compliance of my order dated 07.04.2009 Opposite Party No.5 Dr. B. Rajendra is present and has filed his show-cause reiterating the circumstances in which petitioner’s claim for appointment on compassionate ground was rejected under Memo No. 10884 dated 31.3.2006 with reference to the two circulars of the Personnel Department bearing Letter No. 3577 dated 25.7.1997 and 7805 dated 23.9.2002 whereunder education upto Class-VIII is necessary for appointment on Class-IV post under the State Government. Petitioner applied for compassionate appointment on 05.01.1990 when the two circulars referred to in the rejection order dated 31.3.2006 were not in existence, as such, according to this Court the claim of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground ought to have been considered bereft of the two circulars but the authorities having taken an erroneous view of the matter the rejection order is required to be reconsidered by this Court in a separate writ petition. Accordingly, this contempt application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to maintain another writ petition against the rejection order. P.K.P (V.N.Sinha,J.)