Dirctor General Of Posts & Ors vs K.Chandrashekar Rao

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Department of Personnel and Training's memorandum dated 16th May 2001, which limited fresh recruitment to 1% of the total strength of civilian staff, clarifying that compassionate appointments should be based on the vacancies cleared by the Screening Committee, as per the 4th July 2002 memorandum. The Court emphasized that the compassionate appointment scheme is an exception to the general recruitment rules, and the 5% quota must be calculated accordingly. The appeals against the High Court's dismissal of writ petitions were dismissed, affirming the government's recruitment policy.