ORAL JUDGMENT

Date: 14-03-2024 The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the letter dated 02.09.2021, issued by the Deputy Collector (Establishment), Nalanda, whereby and whereunder the application, filed by the petitioner for grant of compassionate employment, has been rejected.

2. The brief facts of the case, according to the petitioner, are that the father of the petitioner died in harness on 22.12.1987, while working as Marketing Officer at the Sub-Divisional Office, Hilsa. It is submitted that at the time of death of the father of the petitioner, the petitioner was minor, hence, the application, filed by the petitioner for grant of appointment on compassionate ground, was not considered. Thereafter, the petitioner had filed a writ petition bearing CWJC No. 7898 of 1994, however, the same was dismissed, by an order dated 25.07.1995, on the ground that appointment on compassionate ground can only be granted within a reasonable time of death of the bread earner, otherwise no purpose would be solved. Nonetheless, it is submitted that the case of the petitioner was again considered for appointment on compassionate ground, however, the same was rejected, vide memo dated