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| Death a great leveller, process compassionate job claims proactively: SC | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Mar 6: "The majesty of death is that it is a great leveller for it makes no distinction between the young and the old or the rich and the poor," the Supreme Court has said as it exhorted government officials to act with a sense of "utmost proactiveness" while deciding claims for job on compassionate ground.
The top court said the object of a provision for grant of compassionate employment is to enable the family of the deceased employee to tide over the sudden crisis due to the death of the bread-earner which left the family in penury and without any means of livelihood.
A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and BV Nagarathna allowed the appeal of the West Bengal government against a verdict of the Calcutta High Court, which had ordered grant of compassionate appointment to family members of municipal corporation employees who died in harness.
The apex court said there was no existing policy to govern compassionate appointment under local authorities in the state.
It said even if it was assumed that there existed such a policy, it would be of no redeeming purpose to direct that the applications for appointment on compassionate grounds be considered and decided several years after they were filed.
The top court noted the applications for compassionate appointment were filed by the legal heirs of deceased employees in three municipal corporations-Burdwan, Ranaghat and Habra in 2005-2006 and nearly 17-18 years have passed since then.
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