JABALPUR, India, May 26 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 24:
1. The petitioner has preferred the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the invocation of the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court. The challenge is /01/2018, bearing Annexure P/1, passed by the respondents. By the said impugned order, the competent authority of the respondent Bank has arbitrarily declined the legitimate request of the petitioner for the grant of compassionate appointment following the untimely demise of his father.
2. Through this petition, the petitioner prays for the issuance of a writ of certiorari to effectively quash the impugned order dated 30/01/2018. The petitioner further seeks a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to appoint him immediately on the post of Peon/Messenger in the Sub-staff cadre. The petitioner claims this appointment from the retrospective date of the death of his deceased father, i.e., 07/08/2016, along with all the consequential and monetary benefits arising thereof.
Fact of the Case
3. The brief facts leading to the filing of this petition are that the petitioner's father, Late Shri Shankar Prasad Kol, was a regular employee of the respondent Bank. He was serving diligently on the substantive post of 'Daftary' at the Sagra Branch in District Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. He completed 22 years and 04 months of continuous and uninterrupted service in the Bank before he tragically passed away on 07/08/2016 due to a massive and sudden heart attack while in harness
*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/storage/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2019/WP/794/WP_794_2019_FinalOrder_24-04-2026.pdf)
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