1 CGHC010349932026 2026:CGHC:41345 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6956 of 2026 Kamlesh Kumar S/o Late Shri Ashok Kumar Meenpal Aged About 28 Years R/o Ratnabandha, Talab Para Dhamtari, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Public Health Engineering, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Public Health Engineering, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - The Collector District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh. 4 - Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Division Dhamtari, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh ... Respondents (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Ms. Apurva Nigam, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 23.09.2026 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner is seeking a limited direction towards the respondent to consider his application for grant of compassionate appointment which has moved by the RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI Date: 2026.09.24 10:26:38 +0530 2 petitioner on 16.02.2022 before the Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Services, Dhamtari (C.G.). 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s father who was working as a Chowkidar in the Public Health Engineering Department, Dhamtari, died on 13.01.2022, and after the death of his father, the petitioner immediately moved the application for seeking appointment on compassionate basis on 16.02.2022, however, the same is pending and no decision has been taken on the application moved by the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the State submits that if the application moved by the petitioner is still pending, the same shall be considered within a period of 50 days, in accordance with law. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents annexed with the petition. 5. Considering the limited prayer made by the petitioner and the statement made by learned counsel appearing for the State that the application dated 16.02.2022 is still pending consideration, this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the present petition pending. 6. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the petitioner’s claim for compassionate appointment, the respondent/competent authority is directed to consider and decide the petitioner’s application dated 16.02.2022, in accordance with law and the applicable policy/rules, within a period of 50 days from 3 the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The competent authority shall pass a reasoned and speaking order and communicate the decision to the petitioner forthwith. 7. With the aforesaid direction, the present petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Rajshekhar