Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 552 · Decided 30 November 2012
The Chief Commissioner, Central Excise and Customs, Lucknow & ORS. v. Prabhat Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 552 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 209
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8635/2012
- Decided
- 30 November 2012
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
SeNice Law: Appointment on compassionate ground - O.M. dated 5.5.2003 - Held: The. very object of making provision for appointment on compassionate ground, is to provide succour A B c to a family dependent on a government employee, who has unfortunately died in raising such a claim, o is contradictory to the object sought to be achieved - The norms governing compassionate appointment have to be strictly followed - Where claims for compassionate appointment exceed the available vacancies, a selection process based on comparative compassion gradient of
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