Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 436 · Decided 17 July 2006
State of J & K and ORS. v. Sajad Ahmed Mir
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 436 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 576
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6642/2004
- Decided
- 17 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Service law: Appointment-Compassionate appointment-Applicant's father died in C harness-Applicant sought for compassionate appointment 4 years after death-Authorities informed his ineligibility to appointrr.ent-Same not challenged-Writ petition filed after considerable period-Maintainability 1994. D Compassionate appointment-Object of Constitution of fndia, 1950 : Article 14-General rule of appointment is that efigible candidates can E come forward to apply and compete with each other-This general rule is in consonance with Article 14-lt should not be departed from except where
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