Bhumikaba Vijaysinh Rathod vs Guru Gobindsingh Hospital on 30 July, 2021
"8. The whole object of granting compassionate appointment
is to enable the family to tide over the sudden crisis which
arises due to the death of the sole breadwinner. The mere
death of an employee in harness does not entitle his family to
such source of livelihood. The authority concerned has to
examine the financial condition of the family of the deceased,
and it is only if it is satisfied that but for the provision of
employment, the family will not be able to meet the crisis
that the job is offered to the eligible member of the family. It
was further asseverated in the said judgment that
compassionate employment cannot be granted after a lapse
of reasonable period as the consideration of such
employment is not a vested right which can be exercised at
any time in the future. It was further held that the object of
compassionate appointment is to enable the family to get
over the financial crisis that it faces at the time of the death
of sole breadwinner, compassionate appointment cannot be
claimed or offered after a significant lapse of time and after
the crisis is over.