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Gen.Manager,State Bank Of India & Ors vs Anju Jain on 25 August, 2008
In General Manager, State Bank of India and others vs.
Anju Jain [(2008) 8 SCC 475], the Supreme Court observed that the
appointment on compassionate basis is a concession and not a right.
State Of Haryana & Ors vs Rani Devi & Anr on 15 July, 1996
6.1 In State of Haryana and others vs. Rani Devi and another
[(1996) 5 SCC 308 : AIR 1996 SC 2445], the Supreme Court observed
that claim for compassionate appointment based on the premise that
applicant was dependent on the deceased employee can not be held on the
touchstone of Article 14 or 16 of the Constitution. However, such claim
may be considered reasonably to meet with sudden crisis. It was observed
that therefore it was necessary for the authorities to frame rules or
administrative instructions governing the appointment on compassionate
ground.
State Bank Of India & Anr vs Somvir Singh on 13 February, 2007
6.2 The right to be appointed on compassionate basis not being a vested
right or a right in abstract, it can be claimed only within the four corners
and parameters of the scheme or the policy providing for benefit of
appointment of such nature. This principle is settled in State Bank of
India vs. Somvir Singh [AIR 2007 SC (Supp) 505] in which the Apex
Court has observed as under.
Article 16 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
State Of Gujarat And 2 Ors. vs Kiritkumar Bhikhabhai Vala on 29 February, 2008
6.3 This Court has also in State of Gujarat and others vs. Kiritkumar
Bhikhabhai Vala [2008 (2) GLR 1138] has taken similar view that
compassionate appointment can be claimed only under policy or guidelines
enacted for that purpose.
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