Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 202 · Decided 3 March 2023
The State of West Bengal v. Debabrata Tiwari & ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 202 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 611
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8842/2022
- Decided
- 3 March 2023
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Service Law - Compassionate Appointment - Held: Existence of a policy issued by the State Government is a sine qua non for making appointments on compassionate basis - However, in the present case, there was no policy existing to govern compassionate appointment to posts under of West Bengal - Hence, in the absence of such a policy, compassionate appointment cannot be granted to the respondents-heirs of the deceased employees who worked in the concerned municipalities - Further, the object for grant of compassionate employment is to enable the family of
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