WP(C) 3273/2009 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B. K. SHARMA None appears for the petitioner on call. Heard Ms. A. Verma, learned Sta nding Counsel, Health. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a directio n to the respondents to appoint him on compassionate ground against the post of Surveillance Worker under the Directorate of Health Services, Barpeta. The fathe r for the petitioner died on 18.7.99 and long 10(ten) years thereafter, the peti tioner approached this Court making the aforesaid prayer. Apart from the fact that the petitioner has not disclosed any material p articulars of his family members and the financial condition of the family, ther e cannot be any compassionate appointment after long 10(ten) years of expiry of the father of the petitioner. Compassionate appointment is not a source of recru itment and there cannot be any endless compassion has been reiterated time and a gain by the Apex Court in its various decisions. Compassionate appointment is pr ovided to given immediate financial assistance to the family in distress. After elapse of a considerable period of time, a presumption is drawn that the family could survive without the assistance through compassionate appointment. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed.