P&H: Rejects Compassionate Appointment Sought Seven Years After Employee’s Death

Service — Compassionate appointment — Nature and object — Compassionate appointment is not a vested right nor a mode of regular recruitment - It is an exception carve out to normal rule of appointment through open competitioner, intended only to provide immediate succour to the...

Service — Compassionate appointment — In present case, Application must be submitted within six months, extended to one year, from the date of death -Genuine belated requests may be entertained only within five years with special approval - Appointments to be made within one year...

Constitution of India, Articles 14, 16 — Equality in public employment — Compassionate appointment cannot be converted into an alternative source of public employment or a hereditary right flowing from service. Entertaining belated claims would defeat the constitutional mandate of equality in public employment. (Para...