JAMOTRI DEVI & ANR. vs GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH

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$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4579/2024 and CM APPL. 18781/2024 JAMOTRI DEVI & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr Shivendra Singh and Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Advocate versus GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Prafull N. Bharat, Ld. Advocate General with Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Standing Counsel CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT(ORAL) % 08.09.2025 1. Keshar Singh Rawat, who was working as an accountant at the Chhattisgarh Bhawan, New Delhi, expired on 26 May 2022. Petitioner 1 Jamotri Devi is his wife, and Petitioner 2 Niraj Singh is his son. Petitioner 1 submitted an application to the Government of Chhattisgarh, on 30 May 2022, for appointment of Petitioner 2 on compassionate grounds. The application stands rejected by the Resident Commissioner, Chhattisgarh Bhawan, invoking Clause 6(a) of the Consolidated Instructions governing compassionate appointment, framed in 20131 by the Chhattisgarh Government, on the ground that Amrita Rawat, the daughter-in-law of Keshar Singh Rawat, is in Government service. We deem it appropriate to reproduce W.P.(C) 4579/2024 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 7 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:11.09.2025 17:58:32 Clauses 5 and 6 of the 2013 Instructions, to the extent relevant, thus: “5. Entitlement for grant of compassionate appointment – Any one member, from the undernoted adult members of the dependent family of the decease government servant, in the sequence shown below, i.e, if (a) refuses or is not available, then (b) and thereafter in the same sequence (c), (d) and (e) will be considered for compassionate appointment: (a) widow/widower of the deceased servant, (b) son/adopted son, (c) (unmarried)* daughter/unmarried adopted daugh