'Not A Case Where Family Can't Arrange Two Square Meals': Calcutta HC Denies Compassionate Appointment To Petitioner Whose Mother Is Working

The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking compassionate appointment by observing that the mother of the petitioner is a teacher of a school and thus there is no immediate crisis faced by the family members. 

The petitioner one Anindita Mandal had sought compassionate appointment on the ground that her father had passed away when she was ten years old. The mother of the petitioner is working as a teacher in a school. 

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay observed, 

"The compassionate appointment is given to tie over immediate crisis faced by the family members for untimely death of the bread earner. It is not a case where the family is facing crisis to arrange even two square meals as the mother of the petitioner is working"

The Court ruled that the instant case would not come within the the policy of the State for compassionate appointment. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of. 

Case Title: Anindita Mandal v. The State of West Bengal & Ors

Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 51

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