Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 55 · Decided 17 January 2019
State of Himachal Pradesh and ANR. v. Parkash Chand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 55 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 533
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 977/2019
- Decided
- 17 January 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
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 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, one member
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