Reconsider compassionate appointments: HC to govt.
Says procedure against Constitution, violates reservation norms
Observing that compassionate appointments are against constitutional requirements and do not follow the rule of reservation, the Madras High Court has suggested that the government reconsider the concept and restrict such appointments only to genuine cases.
Dismissing a plea from a petitioner, who sought a direction to the authorities concerned to consider his representation for a job under compassionate grounds, Justice S.M. Subramaniam observed that the concept of compassionate appointment was an exception; it had to be strictly construed and confined only to the purpose.
‘Can’t claims as a right’
“The philosophy behind giving compassionate appointment is just to help the family in harness to get over the immediate crisis due to the loss of the sole breadwinner. This category of appointment cannot be claimed as a matter of right after lapse of the period, when the crisis is over,” he noted.
The petitioner L. Suresh, in his plea, sought for a direction to officials to appoint him as scavenger or give any suitable post on compassionate grounds, as his father died while in service.
However, petitioner’s plea was rejected on the ground that his mother (the deceased employee’s wife) was also employed in the same office.
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