Early Times Report
Jammu, July 24: State High Court has ruled that the appointment on compassionate ground cannot be claimed as a matter of right. It is a concession, not a right and is meant to provide for a minimum relief to the family of the deceased employee, who dies in harness.
This significant direction has been passed in a petition filed by Mohammad Shaft Sofi seeking compassionate appointment under SRO 43 of 1994 after his father died due to heart attack. While respondent No.4, recommended the case of the petitioner for considering his appointment against a vacant post of Forest Guard under the Rules of 1994, respondent No.3, as stated, while ignoring the recommendations of the Divisional Forest Officer concerned, appointed the petitioner against a Class IV post of Orderly vide order No. 3760 of 2011 dated 22nd of December, 2011. Feeling aggrieved, the petitioner made several representations to the respondents seeking review of his appointment order by adjusting him against the post of Forest Guard/ Junior Assistant, but to no avail, which compelled the petitioner to approach this Court through the medium of writ petition, being SWP No.2336/2014. Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey while dismissing the petition observed that the post, under compassionate appointment, is not offered to cater to his status, but to see the family through the economic calamity. |
