Compassionate Appointment Declined Due to Delay, Compensation Granted for ‘Arbitrary’ Rejection: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has ruled that a claim for compassionate appointment cannot be revived when a long period has passed since the death of the government employee. The Court clearly held that compassionate appointment is intended to provide immediate financial relief to the bereaved family and cannot be claimed as a matter of right after the passage of many years. In the present case, the Court found that nearly…