JAGDISH PRASAD vs THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR.

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of a writ petition for compassionate appointment filed by the appellant, who was a minor at the time of his father's death in harness in 1971. The Court emphasized that the purpose of compassionate appointments is to address immediate hardship following the death of an earning family member, which is not applicable decades later. The Court concluded that allowing such an appointment after a significant delay would effectively create an alternative recruitment method, contrary to established recruitment rules.