monthly family pension of Rs.4,600/- per month plus dearness allowance, as such, learned Single Judge rightly held that the family of the deceased employee cannot be said to be living in ‘indigent circumstances’, requiring immediate need of employment assistance. 11. Needless to say, appointment on compassionate ground is not an alternative mode of recruitment, rather, meant to provide immediate succour to the bereaved family during the time of distress but in the instant case, father of the petitioner died in harness on 17.3.2004 and thereafter, an application for appointment on compassionate grounds came to be filed on behalf of the petitioner, who is well qualified, in the year 2007 but since as per policy prevailing at that time, case of the petitioner did not fall within the said policy, as has been discussed herein above, coupled with the fact that 19 years have already passed after death of father of the petitioner, learned Single Judge, rightly observed in the impugned order that the appointment, if any, on compassionate grounds, at this stage, shall be against the object of the scheme for providing employment assistance on compassionate grounds. Reliance placed upon communication dated 24.8.2002, issued by the respondents, by learned counsel for the petitioner is wholly misconceived rather, bare reading of the same suggests that same is of no help to the petitioner. Clause (3) of the aforesaid communication reads as under:
