Supreme Court of India

Himachal Road Transport Corporation v. Sh. Dinesh Kumar

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 456
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and K.S. Paripoornan JJ.
Decided 7 May 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that directions given by the Administrative T·ibunal, in these two appeals, are totally unauthorised and illegal.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service Law : Compassionate appointment-Children of deceased employees-State Administrative Tribunal directed appointment under 'kith and kin' policy-employer expressed inability to grant appointment due to non­ availability of vacant posts-Held : it was not open to Administrative Tribunal to direct appointment of eligible person to a post or to create supernumerary post to accommodate claimant-Proper course for Tribunal was to direct appropriate autholity to consider each case in light of relevant rules and subject to availability of post. The respondents children of deceased employees of

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