Chhote v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Compassionate appointment; appointment on compassionate grounds; delay and laches; presumption that financial penury at time of deceased's death no longer exists; belated writ petition filed 2024 after refusals of 23.01.2017 and 15.03.2019; WRIT - A No. 19764 of 2024; Chhote v. State of U.P.; Allahabad High Court; Ajay Bhanot J.; dismissed.
What did the court decide?
As no satisfactory cause for delay was disclosed by the petitioner, who approached the Court in 2024 after the 2017 and 2019 refusals, the writ petition was liable to be dismissed on delay and laches. ¶7