MADURAI: Dismissing a plea by a woman seeking compassionate appointment for her daughter, the Madras high court observed that the scheme of compassionate appointment is a concession and cannot be claimed as a matter of right.
Justice S M Subramaniam observed that the scheme was introduced to mitigate the circumstances arising on account of sudden demise of a government employee. Compassionate appointment is not a regular appointment, nor an appointment under the constitutional scheme. It is a concession granted to the government employees on certain exceptional circumstances.
