Union Of India & Ors vs Brij Bhushan Sharma & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the High Court's direction to appoint the second respondent on compassionate grounds, despite the absence of rules permitting such an appointment, was unsustainable. The Court clarified that when an employee is retired due to disability and receives invalidation pension, compassionate appointment cannot be granted unless explicitly allowed by rules. However, considering the first respondent's satisfactory service as a Peon since the High Court's order, the Court directed that he be continued in service, modifying the High Court's order accordingly.