Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 164 · Decided 23 March 2010
Food Corporation of India and ANR. v. Nizamuddin and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 164 · [2010] 3 S.C.R. 580
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2627/2010
- Decided
- 23 March 2010
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Compassionate appointment - Offer of voluntary retirement and request for compassionate C appointment when not interlinked or conditional - Each request to be decided independently even if both the requests made in same letter - On facts, voluntary retirement on medical grounds of 55 years of age - Application of son of retiree for compassionate appointment D rightly rejected as circular dated 3. 7.1996 provided that benefit of compassionate appointment was available to" the dependents of departmental workers who sought voluntary retirement on medical grounds
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