RANCHI, India, Sept. 23 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Aug. 22:

1. Heard learned counsel representing the petitioner and learned counsel representing the respondents.

2. By filing this writ petition, the petitioner prays for appointment on compassionate ground.

3. It is the case of this petitioner that his father - Late Shankar Tanti, who was a Chowkidar, died in harness. Since the father of the petitioner died in harness, the petitioner being his son, is entitled to be appointed on compassionate ground, thus, he claims such appointment.

4. Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that after the death of father of the petitioner, his mother became mentally unstable and at that time he was minor, howe...