(1.) Aggrieved by order dated 21.11.2012 passed in W.P.(S) No. 3167 of 2011 whereby the prayer for a direction upon the respondents to provide compassionate appointment has been rejected, the appellant has approached this Court by filing the present Letters Patent Appeal.
(2.) The brief facts of the case are that, the father of the appellant namely, late Chandra Prakash Singh joined as Accountant in the year, 1976 in the District Dairy Development Office, Ranchi and he died in harness on 11.06.2008 and he left behind his wife and two sons. The appellant is the younger son of the late Chandra Prakash Singh. The appellant submitted an application on 15.09.2008 seeking appointment on compassionate ground, which has been, rejected by order dated 18.05.2011. Challenging the order of rejection dated 18.05.2011, the appellant had filed the writ petition, which has been dismissed by the impugned order dated 21.11.2012.
(3.) A counter-affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent No. 2 stating that the application of the appellant was placed before the District Level Compassionate Committee which in its meeting dated 04.02.2010 decided that before taking a decision on the application of the appellant, the financial condition of the family of the deceased government employed should be ascertained. Accordingly, the Circle Officer, Barauni submitted a report vide letters dated 28.04.2010 and 28.04.2011 stating that the dependents of late Chandra Prakash Singh do not reside in the village and as such the financial condition of the family of the deceased employee could not be ascertained. Therefore, the appellant was directed vide letter dated 29.04.2011 to submit information with regard to the employment of his elder brother namely, Amit Kumar. However, the appellant vide letter dated 11.05.2011 informed that he is not aware about the employment of his elder brother namely, Amit Kumar. The case of the appellant was placed before the District Level Compassionate Committee on 18.05.2011 and the Committee decided to reject the application seeking appointment on compassionate ground.