Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-30
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Joginder Sharma
- Citation / case number
- 100(2002)DLT50(SC)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Union Of India (Uoi)
- Respondent
- Joginder Sharma
- Author
- D. Raju
- Bench
- Doraiswamy Raju, Shivaraj V. Patil
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns a request for compassionate appointment by the son of a deceased employee under a policy restricting such appointments to 5% of total vacancies. The Central Administrative Tribunal had directed the Union of India to relax this ceiling to accommodate the respondent. The Supreme Court examined whether a judicial or quasi-judicial body can direct the government to relax a specific policy ceiling for compassionate appointments.