Arindam Choudhury vs The State Of West Bengal & Ors on 4 February, 2019
29. It appears from Syed Khadim Hussain (supra) that the widow of the concerned
employee (who died-in-harness on September 12, 1991) had applied for
compassionate appointment within time, i.e., on April 2, 1993 to be precise, but
not in the prescribed proforma. On that ground the application was rejected. The
appellant had thereafter applied on September 7, 1995, when he was 13 years'
old. Such application was rejected after 6 years on the ground that when he had
applied, the appellant was under- aged and, therefore, could not be appointed in
Government service. The Court, after noting these facts, was of the following
view: