Plea for compassionate ground appointment
STAFF REPORTER
MADURAI, NOVEMBER 20, 2018 00:00 IST
Wife of deceased Assistant moves HC
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a woman who sought appointment on compassionate ground following the death of her husband.
The court was hearing the case of a woman from Ramanathapuram, whose husband was working as an Assistant at the office of the Block Development Officer in Nainarkovil in the district at the time of his death.
However, the mother of the deceased also approached the court seeking direction to deny appointment to her daughter-in-law on compassionate ground claiming that all had not been well between the couple and a suit concerning them was pending before the Family Court in Ramanathapuram. The mother of the deceased accused her daughter-in-law for the death of her son and wanted the girl child born out of wedlock of the couple to be considered for appointment on compassionate ground once she attained majority.
Justice S. Vaidyanathan observed that the court did not want to get into the allegations made by the parties and such conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were perennial. The purpose of compassionate appointment was to ensure that there was an immediate redressal to the family in distress. The contention of the mother-in-law that the daughter-in-law should not be considered for the appointment and instead the job should be reserved for her three-year-old grandchild could not be accepted, the court said.
The government could not be allowed to keep one post vacant or reserved for 15 years. However, if the woman was considered and found to be eligible for the post, she should pay 25% of her salary after tax deduction to her mother-in-law. In case the woman decided to remarry, then the amount payable to her mother-in-law should increase to 32.33%, the court said.
The court also directed the government to consider monetary benefits to such parents who would not be eligible to take up jobs.
MADURAI, NOVEMBER 20, 2018 00:00 IST
Wife of deceased Assistant moves HC
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a woman who sought appointment on compassionate ground following the death of her husband.
The court was hearing the case of a woman from Ramanathapuram, whose husband was working as an Assistant at the office of the Block Development Officer in Nainarkovil in the district at the time of his death.
However, the mother of the deceased also approached the court seeking direction to deny appointment to her daughter-in-law on compassionate ground claiming that all had not been well between the couple and a suit concerning them was pending before the Family Court in Ramanathapuram. The mother of the deceased accused her daughter-in-law for the death of her son and wanted the girl child born out of wedlock of the couple to be considered for appointment on compassionate ground once she attained majority.
Justice S. Vaidyanathan observed that the court did not want to get into the allegations made by the parties and such conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were perennial. The purpose of compassionate appointment was to ensure that there was an immediate redressal to the family in distress. The contention of the mother-in-law that the daughter-in-law should not be considered for the appointment and instead the job should be reserved for her three-year-old grandchild could not be accepted, the court said.
The government could not be allowed to keep one post vacant or reserved for 15 years. However, if the woman was considered and found to be eligible for the post, she should pay 25% of her salary after tax deduction to her mother-in-law. In case the woman decided to remarry, then the amount payable to her mother-in-law should increase to 32.33%, the court said.
The court also directed the government to consider monetary benefits to such parents who would not be eligible to take up jobs.
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