Miss Garima Pareek Daughter of Shri Ghanshyam Pareek, Daughter of Late Smt. Madhubala Pareek v. Pradhanacharya, Rajkiye Balika Uchch Madhyamik Vidyalaya
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order (Ganesh Ram Meena, J.), Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2604/2021, decided 01/07/2026: compassionate appointment of a deceased Government servant's daughter refused under Rule 5 of the Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996, because the deceased's spouse was already in regular Government employment as LDC at the time of her death in service on 15.08.1999; writ petition dismissed. Keywords: compassionate appointment; Rule 5; Rules of 1996; dependent of deceased Government servant; spouse already employed on regular basis; LDC; Rajasthan.
What did the court decide?
Under Rule 5 of the Rules of 1996, compassionate appointment is not admissible where the spouse or at least one of the dependents of the deceased Government servant is already employed on regular basis.