Supreme Court of India

The Secretary to Government, Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection and Others v. Kingston David

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 733
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 11 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reason, we are of the view that the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court and the ultimate dir ection is unsustainable.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Service Law – Appointment – On Compassionate grounds – Father of respondent died in harness – Respondent a pplied for employment on compassionate grounds – Though responde nt was qualified for the post of Junior Assistant since there was no vacancy in the post, he was given an option of either accepting the post of Record Clerk or of waiting his turn in seniority on comp assionate grounds until a vacancy arose in the post of Junior Assistant – Respondent accepted the post of Record Clerk and was appointed with an undertaking that he would not claim the pos t of Junior Assistant – Subsequently

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