Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1423 · Decided 12 December 2025
The Director of Town Panchayat & ORS. v. M. Jayabal & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1423 · [2025] 12 S.C.R. 593
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12640/2025
- Decided
- 12 December 2025
- Bench
- RAJESH BINDAL, MANMOHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Issue arose whether the compassionate appointment of a family member on account of death of an employee in service, is as a matter of right; whether the dependent family member of a deceased employee, after being appointed on a post on compassionate basis, appointment on a post higher; and whether a dependent family member of a deceased employee can seek compassionate appointment on a post higher than the post which the deceased was holding, on the ground of eligibility. Service law - Compassionate appointment -
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