Shambhu Kumar v. The Compassionate Appointment Committee
Begusarai Judgeship – Compassionate appointment – Class-IV post
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.149 of 2021, decided 09-07-2025 by Harish Kumar, J: writ seeking reconsideration and appointment letter for Class-IV compassionate appointment dismissed. Keywords: compassionate appointment; Class-IV post; 5 % quota; sanctioned strength; peon posts; Begusarai judgeship; exhaustion of compassionate appointment quota; Patna High Court establishment policy; rejection letter no. 46251/ File No. IV - 64-2015 Admn (Misc) Section dated 22.05.2019; father's death 18.06.2017.
What did the court decide?
Because the compassionate appointment quota (9 posts, being 5 % of 182 Class-IV/peon posts in the Judgeship of Begusarai) was already exhausted by 18 working compassionate appointees, the petitioner could not have been appointed on compassionate ground in terms of the policy decision of the establishment of the Patna High Court.