IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9356 of 1992 MD.NOOR AKHTAR ZEB & ORS Versus STATE & ORS ----------- 3 1.7.2008 Prayer of the petitioners in this application is for quashing the communication dated 20th of August,1986 whereby the prayer of petitioner No.1 for appointment on compassionate ground has been rejected. Further prayer made by the petitioners is for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents for providing appointment to him on compassionate ground. Short facts giving rise to the present application are that father of petitioner No.1 and husband of petitioner No.2 died on 26.2.1984, while in service as Kramchari in Teharagachh Anchal in the district of Purnea. From the petitioners’ 2 pleading it is also evident that two of the sons of the deceased employee are already in employment. Petitioner no.1 filed application for appointment on compassionate ground. His application was considered by the District Compassionate Committee and finding that two elder brothers of petitioner no.1 are already employed, petitioner no.1 does not deserve to be appointed on compassionate ground. Mr. Najmul Bari, appearing on behalf of the petitioners contends that two sons of the deceased employee are employed but they are separate and the family of the deceased employee is dependent on petitioner no.1 he deserves to be appointed on compassionate ground. We do not find any substance in the submission of the learned Counsel. The appointment on 3 compassionate ground is not one of the modes of appointment. It is provided to tide over immediate crisis. Two brothers of petitioner no.1 having already employed, we are of the opinion that petitioner no.1 is not entitled to be appointed on compassionate ground. In our opinion, Compassionate Committee rightly did not find the case of petitioner no.1 fit for appointment on compassionate ground. We do not find any merit in this application and it is dismissed accordingly. (Chandramauli Kr.Prasad,J.) (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.) A.Kumar