Supreme Court of India

The Chief Commissioner, Central Excise and Customs, Lucknow & Ors. v. Prabhat Singh

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 209
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 30 November 2012

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded hereinabove, the impugned order passed by the High Court dated 9.8.2011, directing the appellants to appoint Prabhat Singh on compassionate ground, against a post in the grade of Tax Assistant or any other post C falling in the quota of direct recruitment, is liable to be set aside.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

SeNice Law: Appointment on compassionate ground - O.M. dated 5.5.2003 - Held: The. very object of making provision for appointment on compassionate ground, is to provide succour c to a family dependent on a government employee, who has unfortunately died in harness - Delay in raising such a claim, o is contradictory to the object sought to be achieved - The norms governing compassionate appointment have to be strictly followed - Where claims for compassionate appointment exceed the available vacancies, a selection process based on comparative compassion gradient of eligible candidates, has to

Where later benches applied it

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