Compassionate Appointment : Supreme Court Explains the Principles

Compassionate Appointment : Supreme Court Explains the Principles

An important Judgment was passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 16 December 2021.

The issue of compassionate appointment was explained in Secretary to the Government, Department of Education (Primary) and Others Vs. Bheemesh alias Bheemappa [2021] GCtR 2890 (SC) thus : - 

"If compassionate appointment is one of the conditions of service and is made automatic upon the death of an employee in harness without any kind of scrutiny whatsoever, the same would be treated as a vested right in law. But it is not so. Appointment on compassionate grounds is not automatic, but subject to strict scrutiny of various parameters including the financial position of the family, the economic dependence of the family upon the deceased employee and the avocation of the other members of the family. Therefore, no one can claim to have a vested right for appointment on compassionate grounds." 

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https://main.sci.gov.in/daily-order

Then entering the date of Judgment, for example, as 16 December 2021.

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Vishal

Delhi

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