SC: Right to compassionate appointment especially to provide successor to a needy family cannot be granted inherently.

State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. Vs Amit Shrivas (Supreme Court) Conclusion: There could not be any inherent right to compassionate appointment but rather, it was a right based on certain criteria, especially to provide successor to a needy family. This has to be in terms of the applicable policy as existing on the date of demise, unless a subsequent policy was made applicable retrospectively. Held: The only issue which had to be examined was whether the late father of assessee who admittedly was employed as a work-charged/contingency employee in the Tribal Welfare Department was entitled to...