Rahul Karot vs General Manager, Punjab National Bank

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2766

JYOTI SINGH
Rahul Karot – Appellant
Versus
General Manager, Punjab National Bank – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh and Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocates, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Jagat Arora, Mr. Rajat Arora, Mr. Niraj Kumar and Mr. Dipu Kumar Jha, Advocates, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J. (Oral)

CM APPL. 120/2023 & 121/2023 (Exemptions)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Applications stand disposed of.

W.P.(C) 48/2023

3. Present writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner seeking a direction to the Respondent Bank to give Compassionate Employment to the Petitioner with effect from 28.10.2022 as also for quashing the impugned order dated 28.10.2022.

4. Briefly put, the case of the Petitioner is that his father Late Sh.Nand Kishor was employed with the Bank as Daftary and died on 07.02.2015. Late Sh. Nand Kishor was working since 01.04.1977 in United Bank of India, which is now merged with the Respondent Bank.

5. On 07.03.2015, Petitioner's mother received a letter, whereby she learnt that a Scheme for Compassionate Appointment had been introduced in United Bank of India. Petitioner made a representation dated 23.03.2015 seeking Compassionate Appointment on the death of his father, however, the representation was rejected on the ground that Petitioner did not possess the required entry level qualification i.e. Matriculation, for recruitment in the Subordinate-Cadre.

6. It is the case of the Petitioner in the present writ pet

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