{"id":168410,"date":"2010-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/romilsinh-vs-state-on-17-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-01-15T00:17:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T18:47:04","slug":"romilsinh-vs-state-on-17-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/romilsinh-vs-state-on-17-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Romilsinh vs State on 17 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Romilsinh vs State on 17 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Bhagwati Prasad,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Bankim.N.Mehta,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nLPA\/55\/2010\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nLETTERS\nPATENT APPEAL No. 55 of 2010\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 6417 of 2009\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION No. 56 of 2010\n \n\nIn\nLETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 55 of 2010\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\nROMILSINH\nARVINDSINH THAKOR - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 2 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\nAppearance : \nMR\nKEYUR A VYAS for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nMR NJ SHAH, ASST. GOVERNMENT PLEADER for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nNone for Respondent(s) : 2 -\n3. \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE BHAGWATI PRASAD\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE BANKIM.N.MEHTA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 17\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BHAGWATI PRASAD)<\/p>\n<p>\tHeard<br \/>\nlearned counsel for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe<br \/>\nfather of the appellant died in 1997.  For the first time, in 2000,<br \/>\nmother of the appellant filed an application that her son is minor<br \/>\nand on attaining the majority, he will apply for service.  This<br \/>\nclearly shows that at the time when the father of the appellant died,<br \/>\nthe family was not desirous of obtaining any immediate employment,<br \/>\notherwise the application would have been on behalf of the mother.<br \/>\nThis conduct itself shows that the family was not in such dire<br \/>\nstraits that they have needed appointment on compassionate ground.<br \/>\nThe learned single Judge relying on the decision of the Supreme Court<br \/>\nin the case of  <a href=\"\/doc\/1816805\/\">State of JK and others v. Sajad Ahmed Mir<\/a><br \/>\nreported in (2006) 5 SCC 766 and in the case of  National<br \/>\nHydroelectric Power Corporation  and another v. Nayak Chand and<br \/>\nanother reported in 2004 AIR SCW 6339 has rejected the<br \/>\npetition, in our considered opinion rightly so.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn<br \/>\nthat view of the matter, we do not think that any illegality has been<br \/>\ncommitted by the learned single Judge in dismissing the petition.  No<br \/>\nforce.  The appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn<br \/>\nview of dismissal of main appeal, civil application does not survive<br \/>\nand is accordingly disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p>(BHAGWATI<br \/>\nPRASAD, J.)  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(BANKIM<br \/>\nN.MEHTA, J.) <\/p>\n<p>shekhar\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Romilsinh vs State on 17 February, 2010 Author: Bhagwati Prasad,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Bankim.N.Mehta,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print LPA\/55\/2010 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 55 of 2010 In SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 6417 of 2009 With CIVIL APPLICATION No. 56 of 2010 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Romilsinh vs State on 17 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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