Abhishek Jaiswal vs P.N.B. Head Office Thru. Chairman Cum Managing Director

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2026 Supreme(All) 62

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW
SHREE PRAKASH SINGH
Abhishek Jaiswal – Appellant
Versus
P.N.B. Head Office Thru. Chairman Cum Managing Director – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Azmi Yousuf, Alok Kumar Pandey, Shashank Singh, Vinod Kumar Shukla
For the Respondent: Brajendra Amiy, Gaurabh Kumar, Vishwas Saraswat

Table of Content
1. background of compassionate appointment request. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments for and against the appointment. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
3. court's examination of the application facts. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
4. legal principles governing compassionate appointments. (Para 16 , 17)
5. order for revisiting the appointment decision. (Para 18 , 19 , 20)

JUDGMENT :

SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.

1. Heard Mr. Vinod Kumar Shukla and Mr. Alok Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Vishwas Saraswat, learned counsel for the respondents and perused the record.

2. The present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 19.09.2023 passed by opposite party no. 2, i.e. Chief Manager, Punjab National Bank, Circle Office, Sitapur, on the ground that without assigning any reason, the order has been passed, declining the appointment of the petitioner on compassionate ground.

3. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner’s father, Late Keshav Ram Jaiswal, who joined the service in 1982, unfortunately died in the year 2016, i.e. on 04.08.2016, leaving behind the legal heirs, including the present petitioner being the son.

4. He submi

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