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Meghalaya High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Yaqoob Mir, CJ dismissed a petition for compassionate appointment holding it to be without merits.<\/p>\n

Petitioner’s father was in Meghalaya Police who died\u00a0in harness in the year 1999 while debuted for operational duty at Shillong, West Khasi Hills District. In 2017, after a lapse of 18 years, petitioner applied\u00a0for the compassionate appointment. His application was considered and rejected stating that in terms of the relevant Department Order, the application for appointment on compassionate grounds had to be filed within 1 year from the date of death of the Government servant or from the date of acquiring a necessary educational qualification. Therefore, petitioner’s claim was rejected as time-barred.<\/p>\n

R. Sharon, Advocate for the petitioner admitted that he acquired the necessary qualification in 2011 but applied only in the year 2017.<\/p>\n

The High Court found favour with submissions of Advocate General A. Kumar. It observed,\u00a0“Compassionate appointment admittedly is a departure from normal rules of appointment but same has laudable object of saving the deceased’s family from crisis and financial complications. Here in the instant case, the family has survived for 18 years.”\u00a0<\/strong>Petitioner failed to show any rule which would provide for considering his application and resultantly, the petition was dismissed. [Ravi Koch v. State of Meghalaya, 2019 SCC OnLine Megh 4<\/b><\/a>, dated 04-02-2019]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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