Those who accept compassionate appointment can’t later claim higher post: Supreme Court

A Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan made the observation in a case where two persons who had been appointed as sweepers on compassionate grounds later claimed that they should have been appointed as Junior Assistants instead.

They argued that they came to know only later that there were qualified for being appointed to such higher posts.

The Court rejected this argument and allowed an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu government in the matter.

It added that to hold otherwise would amount to allowing a state of “endless compassion.”

“Once dependent of a deceased employee is offered employment on compassionate basis, his right stood exercised. Thereafter, no question arises for seeking appointment on a higher post. Otherwise, it would be a case of ‘endless compassion’,” the Court said.