21. The Rajasthan High Court in the matter of Smt. Pinki v.
State of Rajasthan and others {2012 (1) WLC (Raj.) 431} has
held that widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased Government
servant is entitled for compassionate appointment and observed
as under:
6. The primary purpose of extending compassionate appointment
benefits to the dependents of deceased Government Servants is to
relieve the family from distress and destitution caused by the death of the
family's sole breadwinner. The mother-in-law of the petitioner lost her
husband and two sons before her death. The petitioner is her elder
daughter-in-law and her family consists of her sons and daughter, who
depended entirely on her mother-in-law‟s income. Aside from that income,
they have no other earning family members or properties. Her husband
passed away due to a heart attack on 16.08.2005. The learned counsel
for the petitioner has relied on a un-reported decision by the High Court of
Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Smt. Duliya Bai Yadav v. State of
Chattisgarh1 as well as the decision of the Rajasthan High Court in Smt.
Pinki v. State of Rajasthan and others2. The relevant paragraphs of the
decisions are extracted hereunder:
16. A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in Vibha Tiwari v.
State of U.P. and 2 others4, at Para No.8 has considered the judgment
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of U.P. Power Corporation Limited (3rd supra) and held as follows at
Para Nos.9 and 13: