Union Of India & Ors vs Basanti Rani Pramanik

The Supreme Court held that the principle of compassionate appointment under service law aims to address the immediate economic needs of a family following the death of its breadwinner, as established in various precedents. In this case, the respondent's husband died in 1987, and the respondent filed a writ petition for compassionate appointment in 1991, which was deemed too delayed to justify such relief. The Court set aside the orders of the lower courts, ruling that the family had sufficient means of support, given that the respondent's sons were employed, and dismissed the writ petition.