Supreme Court of India
State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Parkash Chand
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we are of the view that the judgment of the High Court is unsustainable.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Service Law – Compassionate appointment – Benefit of – Death of respondent’s father while in service – Respondent upon attaining majority applied for compassionate appointment – Rejection of, on the ground that the elder brother of the respondent is already employed with the State undertaking – Writ petition by the respondent seeking setting aside of the rejection letter and his appointment on compassionate grounds – Issuance of direction by the High Court to the State to consider cases for appointment on compassionate basis by sons or daughters of deceased government employees, even though…
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 Umesh Kumar Nagpal Etc. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2015 Canara Bank and Anr. v. M. Mahesh Kumar
- 2012 Union of India & Anr. v. Shashank Goswami & Anr.
- 2008 Mumtaz Yunus Mulani v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- 2004 Punjab National Bank and Ors. v. Ashwini Kumar Taneja
- 2007 State Bank of India and Anr. v. Somvir Singh
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