IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15553 of 2007 BASANT YADAV, son of late Ram Naresh Yadav, resident of village Pandaria, P.S. Kutumba now Simara, District Aurangabad … Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, Vidyut Bhawan, Baily Road, Patna through the Chairman 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Baily Road, Patna 3. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Gaya Electric Supply Circle, Gaya 4. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Aurangabad … Respondents ----------- 2. 13.4.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for Bihar State Electricity Board. While there may be good ground for the petitioner to stake a claim for appointment on compassionate ground, the fact remains that his father died on 26.6.1977 and he has filed this writ application seeking a direction from this Court for consideration of his case for appointment on compassionate ground on 30.11.2007. The delay of more than 30 years in moving this Court from the date of cause of action also does not get explained from some sort of intra-departmental communication as with regard to searching out the alleged 2 application filed by the petitioner. The fact remains that the petitioner was not appointed in all this period and therefore, he had to move this Court at the earliest for appointment on compassionate ground which as per its scheme is only to be given by way of providing immediate relief to the family of the deceased employee. If the family of the deceased employee had survived now for almost 35 years no useful purpose would be served by issuing a direction to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground, especially when he himself had remained negligent to his cause and had moved this Court after more than 30 years of cause of action. That being so, this application is dismissed only on the ground of delay and laches. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/