Sagar Samaria, S/o Late Sh. Rakesh Kumar vs Life Insurance Corporation Of India, Through Its Senior Divisional Manager, Divisional Office

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2026 Supreme(Raj) 136

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
ASHOK KUMAR JAIN
Sagar Samaria, S/o Late Sh. Rakesh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Life Insurance Corporation Of India, Through Its Senior Divisional Manager, Divisional Office – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sunil Samdaria, Mr. Arihant Samdaria
For the Respondent: Mr. Arun Sharma, Ms. Simran Jain, Ms. Nidhi Mathur

ORDER :

ASHOK KUMAR JAIN, J.

1. Instant writ petition is preferred by petitioner with following prayer:

“To issue an appropriate writ, order or direction quashing and setting the letters sated 27.01.2022 and 15.02.2022.

To issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the respondents to appoint the petitioner on compassionate basis on suitable post with all consequential basis with interest @ 18 percent annum.”

2. The brief facts of the case are that the father of petitioner, Shri Rakesh Kumar, died on 6.12.2021 when he was working as Higher Grade Assistant (HGA) with the respondent corporation (LIC). At the time of death, he was survived by his wife Manju Lata, two sons Karan and Sagar, and two daughters Sapna and Surbhi, besides parents of deceased. On 05.01.2022, the mother of petitioner submitted an application to grant compassionate appointment to petitioner in place of her deceased husband Rakesh Kumar. The respondents had declined the request of the petitioner vide letter dated 27.1.2022 on the premise that daughter of late Shri Rakesh Kumar, Ms. Surbhi is gainfully employed with the government. The case of petitioner is that Surbhi had been married on 29.12.2021 even