Narendra Kumar Bairwa v. State Panchayati Raj Dep Ors.
Service law – compassionate appointment
Case brief
What is this about?
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1602/2012, High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench; decided 20/02/2025 by Anoop Kumar Dhand, J. Compassionate appointment dated 02.02.1996 conditional on STC qualification; B.Ed acquired 2011; regular pay and service benefits granted from 2011; claim to annual increments and selection scale from initial appointment based on circular dated 27.07.1995; circular withdrawn vide order dated 29.03.2003; withdrawal not challenged; parity claim with Prem Prakash Gupta rejected (illegality cannot be perpetuated); petition dismissed. Keywords: conditional compassionate appointment, regular pay scale, selection scale, annual increments, withdrawal of circular, no parity in illegality, Panchayati Raj / Primary Education Rajasthan.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner is not entitled to any relief as sought, because the circular dated 27.07.1995 stood withdrawn on 29.03.2003 and the validity of that withdrawal order was not challenged in the petition.