JUDGMENT :

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent to set aside the order dated 06.01.2020 passed in W.P.No.47 of 2021.

The scheme of compassionate appointment is a concession and not an absolute right. Compassionate appointment is not a method of appointment recognized under the Constitutional scheme of appointments. The scheme is formulated to mitigate the circumstances arising on account of sudden death of Government employees. Therefore, the scheme cannot be implemented beyond its scope, purpose and objects sought to be achieved. Terms and conditions stipulated are to be scrupulously followed. Long delay in providing compassionate appointments itself is a ground to reject the same by drawing factual inference that the penurious circumstances arosed on account of sudden death of an employee become vanished. Thus, scheme is to be implemented pragmatically to ensure that genuine families in distress on account of sudden death of an employee is provided with an assistance of employment. It is not as if one appointment is to be provided to the family of the deceased Government employee. The object is not to provide one appointment to each family,