2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 11285
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, JABALPUR BENCH
Mallika Arya, Administrative Member, Rajinder Singh Dogra, Judicial Member
Vijay Batham – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
Original Applications No. 202/00120/2023|121/2023|456/2023
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Alok Kumar Sharma
For the Respondents: Rajendra Singh Dhakar
Compassionate appointment is a benevolent concession to provide immediate relief to a family in financial distress following the death of a breadwinner; it is not a vested right and cannot be claimed after the crisis is overcome or after a significant delay.
Headnote:(A) Compassionate Appointment - Nature of Relief - Not a vested right or a source of recruitment, but a concession and exception to general recruitment rules under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, intended to mitigate sudden financial crisis. (Para 7)
(B) Indigency and Immediacy - Eligibility Criteria - The claimant must prove an indigent condition and immediate financial distress; claims cannot be granted after a considerable lapse of time or once the financial crisis has been overcome. (Para 7, 10)
Issues: Whether the applicants are entitled to compassionate appointment despite the lapse of time and the existence of other sources of income.
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| 1. facts regarding the applicants' claims for compassionate appointment following the death of their fathers. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. respondents' justification for rejection based on lack of educational qualifications and indigency index. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. compassionate appointment as a benevolent concession to mitigate sudden financial crisis, not a vested right. (Para 7) |
| 4. application of the indigency index and financial status to the specific cases of the applicants. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. judicial precedents emphasizing the necessity of immediacy and actual financial distress for compassionate appointment. (Para 10) |
| 6. dismissal of the applications based on the lack of proven financial crisis and adherence to established law. (Para 11) |
Reserved
JABALPUR RAJUL Original Applications No. 202/00120/2023, 121/2023 & 456/2023
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COMMON ORDER
BY MALLIKA ARYA, AM;
RAJUL The issue involved in all the three Original Applications are the NAMDEO same. Hence, these are disposed of by way of a common order.
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2. Through these Original Applications, the applicants are aggrieved against the action of the respondents in rejecting the claim of the applicants vide impugned rejection orders dated 17.11.2022 & 10.10.2022 in O.A. No. 120/2023, order dated 22.11.2022 in O.A. No. 121/2023 & order dated 03.01.2023 in O.A. No. 456/2023 for compassionate appointment after the death of the deceased employee i.e. the father of the applicants.
3. The facts, stated in Original Application No.202/00120/2023 are being discussed as under :-
3.1 The applicant belongs to Other Backward Class category. The father of the applicant was in the employment of Income Tax Department as Daftary. The applicant's father died while in service on 09.05.2006(Annexure A-2). After the death of applicant's father, the applicant submitted an application for considering him for compassionate appointment. The respondents vide letter 20.09.2017 sought certain information for verification of the case. The applicant submitted the required information with his application dated 25.09.2017. At