PATNA HIGH COURT
MR. PARTHA SARTHY, J
Angad Kumar – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar through Addl. Chief Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Government of Bihar, Patna – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the compassionate appointment issue. (Para 3 , 4 , 10) |
| 2. court's reasoning based on previous full bench judgment. (Para 7 , 11) |
| 3. outcome and directions for remand. (Para 13 , 14) |
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER
3 24.12.2025 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. No one appears for the respondents.
3. The petitioner in the instant application has prayed for quashing the decision of the Compassionate Committee dated 22.12.2020 issued vide Memo no. 16 dated 24.12.2020 whereby the respondents rejected the case of the petitioner for his appointment on compassionate ground in place of his father who died in harness on 12.2.2017.
4. It is the case of the petitioner that his father who was working as a Nulkup Driver in Minor Irrigation in Division Bhagalpur died in harness on 12.2.2017. The petitioner's father had performed two marriages. The petitioner being the son from the second marriage.
5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on the death of the petitioner's father, both the mothers of the petitioner entered into a compromise whereby the pension was drawn by Smt. Bhuto Devi, first wife of the deceased e
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