Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 787 · Decided 2 August 2022
Suneel Kumar v. State of U.P. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 787 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 114
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5038/2022
- Decided
- 2 August 2022
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
The Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 - Rule 5 - Compassionate appointment - When superior qualification is held by the dependent - The father of the appellant was working as class-IV employee (sweeper) and passed with computer literacy, was offered post of sweeper but he rejected the same and requested to be appointed as Gram Panchayat officer (Class-III post) with reference to the qualification he had - Respondent rejected the said request on their understanding of the words "suitable
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