IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11957 of 2006 SANJEET KUMAR MISHRA, son of late Devkant Mishra, resident of village Hanswara, P.S.Aurai, District Muzaffarpur--------------------------------petitioner Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.The District Magistrate-cum-Chairman, District Compassionate Committee, Muzaffarpur 3.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur-----------------------------respondents ----------- For the petitioner :Mr.Jubair Ansari, Advocate For the State :Mr.Anil Kumar Sinha, AC to S.C.12 ---- 2. 15.4.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks appointment on compassionate ground on the death of his father on 19.10.1979 while he was working as an Assistant Teacher of Rajkiya Primary School, Kharar, Meenapur, Muzaffarpur. The claim of the petitioner has been rejected by the District Compassionate Committee at its meeting held on 29.12.1992 and the same was communicated to the petitioner by Memo No. 1058 dated 8.11.1995 of the District Establishment Deputy Collector, Muzaffarpur on the ground that the application has not been received within the time prescribed for the same. Under the various circulars of the State Government there is no provision for condonation of delay in filing any application for compassionate appointment. In any view of the 2 matter, it is admitted that the petitioner was only five years eight months and thirteen days old when his father died on 19.10.1979 having been born on 6.2.1994. It has been repeatedly held by this Court that compassionate appointment is not a case of succession to a post on the death of the Government employee rather it is only given to meet the immediate financial hardship caused to the family of the deceased Government servant. It is not the grant of a post for a post and the right to be appointed on compassionate ground cannot be kept pending indefinitely until the attainment of majority by the person who seeks such appointment. It is evident that in no case the petitioner could have been granted compassionate appointment in the facts and circumstances of the case and his case has rightly been rejected. In any case, no direction can be issued for compassionate appointment twenty years after the death of the employee. The writ application is, therefore, dismissed. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/