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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
RAJAN ROY, ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY
Deepika Tiwari – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J.
1. The present Special Appeal has been preferred by the appellant under Chapter VIII, Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 interdicting an order dated 18.09.2025, passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ-A No. 10799 of 2025 (Smt. Deepika Tiwari vs. State of U.P. and others), whereby her claim for compassionate appointment in the capacity of a widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased government employee was dismissed.
2. Shorn of unnecessary details, admittedly one Smt. Sangeeta Bajpayee was working as an Assistant Teacher in Nari Shiksha Niketan Inter College, Chakbast Road, District Lucknow and she died in harness on 23.04.2021. The said Smt. Sangeeta Bajpayee was survived by two legal heirs namely (i) Uday Bhan Bajpayee – husband, who was a pensioner from U.P.P.C.L. and (ii) Nikhil Bajpayee - Son and unemployed.
3. After around two years, Nikhil Bajpayee, the son of the deceased government employee, filed an application staking his claim for appointment on compassionate ground vide his application dated 09.02.2023 and records reveal that the said application came to be rejected by the competent authority on 10th of April
Point of Law : As more than 30 years have passed since the father of the petitioner/appellant had expired, neither there is any useful purpose to issue any positive direction, nor the facts of the ca....
Exclusion of married daughters from compassionate appointment based on marital status alone is unconstitutional and violative of the right to equality.
Sole surviving married daughter entitled to compassionate appointment; rejection on being only survivor, parental employment, pensions, or settlement dues unsustainable without proper financial asses....
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