RAJ KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SHRI Chhotu Ram, who was Darban (Class IV in Group `d') in the Geological Survey of India died on 12. 6. 1993. An application for appointment to his son on compassionate grounds was filed before the concerned authorities in the same year by Smt. Laxmi Devi, the wife of the deceased. Since the post was not available, he was not given the appointment. Against this inaction, the petitioner filed an Original Application being OA No. 245/03. The petitioner has studied upto 8th standard and belongs to OBC category.

(2.) AFTER filing of the OA, he was called for interview on 26. 10. 1994 vide order dated 19. 10. 1994. The petitioner was informed that appointment shall be given to him on availability of vacancy. It is submitted by the petitioner that a similarly situated person, respondent No. 3, was given appointment on compassionate grounds. The petitioner submitted representation to the respondents and also gave a notice for demand of justice.

(3.) IN Umesh Kumar Nagpal vs. State of Haryana- (1994) 4 SCC 138, it has been observed that the whole object of granting compassionate appointment is to enable the family to tide over the sudden crisis, the object is not to give a member of such family a post much less a post held by the deceased.