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DEEPAK KUMAR TIWARI
Bhuvan Singh S/o Suraj Lal – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Home (Police) – Respondent
ORDER :
1. This petition has been filed for grant of compassionate appointment and to set aside the order dated 25.11.2017 (Annexure-P/1) whereby claim of the petitioner that he is the adopted son of deceased Lila Ram Tandon, Head Constable, who died in harness on 31st July, 2014, was declined.
2. Facts of the case are that late Lila Ram Tandon was working as Head Constable in the Department of Home, who died in harness on 31st July, 2014. The petitioner claiming himself to be adopted son of the deceased moved an application for compassionate appointment on 29th October, 2014 along with certificate of the Gram Panchayat and other documents in support of his claim. However, the said application was rejected by the respondents on 30th October, 2014 on the ground that the petitioner has failed to establish the relationship between him and the deceased employee as father and adopted son, and further that the petitioner has earlier applied for compassionate appointment being brother-in-law of the deceased. When the said claim was not accepted, he has taken another ground claiming himself to be adopted son. Against the said rejection, the petitioner has filed a writ petition bearing WPS No
The main legal point established in the judgment is the need for compliance with the legal provisions of the Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956 for a valid adoption claim, and the importance of ....
Compassionate appointment limited to immediate financial distress post-employee death; 23-year delay disqualifies claim despite valid adoption.
Compassionate appointment is an exception, not a right, intended for immediate relief to families in financial crisis following the death of a breadwinner, and delays in application undermine this pu....
Compassionate appointment is granted to meet the sudden crisis on account of the death of the breadwinner while in service, and it is not a vested right that can be exercised at any time in the futur....
Compassionate appointment is intended for immediate relief in case of death of a breadwinner, and applications must be timely; delays undermine claims for such appointments.
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