2026 LLR WEB 761 (RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT)
Compassionate appointment claim raised after inordinate and unexplained delay is hopelessly time-barred.

COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT - Delay and laches - Immediacy of need - Vested right - Articles 14, 16 of the Constitution of India - The petitioner's father, a Driver with RSRTC, was terminated from service; his industrial dispute was decided in his favour, but he died during pendency of the reference - The petitioner applied for compassionate appointment several years after the father''s death, which was rejected on the ground that the father was not in active employment at the time of death - Petitioner challenged the rejection - Held, compassionate appointment is not... subscribe to read more..