Supreme Court of India

M/s. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. v. Anil Badyakar & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 9 S.C.R. 480
Bench Tarun Chatierjee and H.L. Datiu JJ.
Decided 15 May 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Central Administrative Tribunal acted illegally and wholly :r . ,, + - Jr , . ..t .,. EASTERN COALFIELDS LTD. v.

Judgment, page 7

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Service Law - Compassionate appointment - Claim for - Delay in, of 12 years - Held: Compassionate appointment c rightly denied, in view of object and purpose thereof. The question for consideration in the present appeal was, whether or not in the facts and circumstances of the case, the appointment made in respect of respondent (son-in-law of the deceased employee) after 12 years, w would negate the very object of compassionate ~ appointment. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: The compassionate appointment is not a vested right which can be exercised at any time in future. The compassionate

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