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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL
MADHURESH PRASAD, PRASENJIT BISWAS
Sachin Lall – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
Judgment :
Madhuresh Prasad, J.
1. The appellant was the writ petitioner before the learned Single Judge. The writ petition was filed seeking relief of compassionate appointment upon demise of the writ petitioner’s father namely Jittu Lall, who died in harness. The writ petition was dismissed on 05.10.2024. This order of the Writ Court is put to challenge in the present appeal.
2. Briefly stating the facts which are not in dispute are that the petitioner’s father died while in harness on 13.12.2004, while working in the Department of I.G. Mint, Alipore. His wife (petitioner’s mother) applied for petitioner’s compassionate appointment. The claim was rejected by a communication dated 18.02.2014. The claim was sought to be revived by the petitioner’s mother by issuing a letter dated 10.10.2017. The authorities again by a communication dated 31.08.2022, reiterated their stand in the earlier rejection order dated 18.02.2014; and once again regretted the petitioner’s claim for compassionate appointment.
3. The Writ Court found that the writ petition filed in 2023, nearly a decade after the first rejection dated 18.02.2014, and nearly two decades after the petitioner’s father died (13.12.2004
Compassionate appointment claims must be filed within stipulated timelines; delay undermines the purpose of relief intended for immediate financial distress and is not a vested right.
Compassionate appointments are not inherent rights, necessitating prompt application to address immediate family financial distress after the death of an employee.
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