ORDER Per: THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE 1. Appellant impugns order dated 13.10.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P. No. 21339 of 2017 whereby the petition filed by the appellant seeking compassionate appointment has been dismissed. 2. The father of the appellant who was employed as a Constable in Home Department died in harness in the year 2011. As per the service record he had two wives. Appellant is the son of second wife. The admitted position is that the natural mother of the appellant at that point of time was in government service. In the year 2013 an application for appointment on compassionate ground was filed which stood rejected on the ground that the real mother of the appellant was in government service and therefore, his case could not be considered for grant of appointment on compassionate ground. 3. The case of the appellant is that he was living with the first wife of his father in the village and both of them were unemployed and as such he was eligible for grant of compassionate appointment. Reliance is placed on the enquiry report dated 17.7.2013 conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police wherein it is stated that he was residing with the first wife of his father. 4. By impugned order, learned Single Judge has held that there was no material to show that appellant was residing with the first wife of his father. In fact his school certificate established that he was residing with his real mother who was in government service and as such the learned Single Judge held that denial of application for grant of compassionate appointment was justified. 5. It is not in dispute that the appellant appeared in Higher Secondary Examination from a school in Chhindwara where his real mother i.e. the second wife of his father was residing. Therefore, the contention of the appellant that he was residing with his step mother i.e. the first wife of his father is not substantiated by any document on record except for an enquiry conducted in the year 2013. Reference may be had to the report dated 13.10.2013 of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Chhindwara which states that the appellant was not residing with his step mother but was residing with his real mother at Chhindwara. Reference may be had to the report dated 13.10.2013 of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Chhindwara which states that the appellant was not residing with his step mother but was residing with his real mother at Chhindwara. The enquiry report further reveals that the first wife of the father of the appellant was living in village and was sustaining herself from the pension which she received in respect of her late husband. 6. Reference may also be had to Higher Secondary School Certificate of the appellant for the year 2010 which shows that the appellant had taken education from a school in Chhindwara. Appellant has not been able to establish that appellant was actually living with his stepmother i.e. the first wife of his late father or was dependent upon her. There is even no any averment in the petition to the effect that the mother of the appellant had disowned him or neglected to maintain the appellant. 7. Consequently, we find no infirmity in the view taken by the learned Single Judge in upholding the rejection of the claim of the appellant for grant of compassionate appointment on the ground that he is not qualified. In view of the above, we find no merits in the appeal. The same is accordingly dismissed.