Surya Naryan Singh Thakur v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Compassionate appointment – Clause 6, Circular dated 14.06.2013
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur — WPS No. 6095 of 2016 (neutral citation 2024:CGHC:42765), decided 04.11.2024 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal. Surya Naryan Singh Thakur, Smt. Lalita Thakur and Amit Singh Thakur v. State of Chhattisgarh and Fisheries Department officials. Subject: claim for compassionate appointment by brother of deceased government servant Rohit Thakur under Clause 6 of Circular dated 14.06.2013; contrasted with Clause 5 exclusion; turned on deceased being married (affidavit Annexure P-5, marriage to Smt. Gomti Thakur) at death on 11.05.2016. Result: petition dismissed; impugned order dated 05.08.2016 upheld. Advocates: Avinash K. Mishra (petitioners); Surendra Kumar Dewangan (respondent).
What did the court decide?
Under Clause 6 of the Circular dated 14.06.2013, if an unmarried government servant dies, his brother/unmarried sister is entitled to compassionate appointment only on the recommendation of the deceased's father and mother.