1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking a direction upon the respondent authorities for his appointment on compassionate ground. The father of the petitioner was a Class-IV employee and died while in service on 17.1.2005. The petitioner thereafter filed his application for appointment on compassionate ground on 27.4.2005.

3. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent No.3, it is stated that the case of the petitioner was considered by the District Compassionate Committee, Muzaffarpur on 5.10.2007 and it was rejected on the ground that the petitioner has two wives.

4. The petitioner in his reply to the counter affidavit has not contested the said fact of his having two wives, rather he has admitted the same and has given reasons for marrying the second time with the consent of his first wife. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no provision in the Circular of the Government to deny appointment on compassionate ground only on the ground that the applicant has contracted two marriages. It is further submitted by him that the authorities could