Service Law
Compassionate appointment—Claim of petitioner for continuity of service was rejected considering the fact that his initial appointment was made by an incompetent authority—Challenged—Merely on the ground that appointment was made by an incompetent authority and allowing the petitioner to continue in service on the applicable pay scale and having denied from payment of arrear of the salary and other consequential relief(s) from the initial date of appointment cannot be sustained—Recommendation of petitioner by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee has not been questioned and the State Government/Department has also not found the recommendation to be inconsistent in any manner with the scheme of the compassionate appointment—Impugned order quashed and respondent authorities directed to consider the case of petitioner afresh.
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