{"id":180315,"date":"2007-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-bank-of-india-anr-vs-somvir-singh-on-13-february-2007"},"modified":"2017-12-31T20:31:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T15:01:55","slug":"state-bank-of-india-anr-vs-somvir-singh-on-13-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-bank-of-india-anr-vs-somvir-singh-on-13-february-2007","title":{"rendered":"State Bank Of India &amp; Anr vs Somvir Singh on 13 February, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Bank Of India &amp; Anr vs Somvir Singh on 13 February, 2007<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: B Reddy<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: H.K. Sema, B. Sudershan Reddy<\/div>\n<pre>           CASE NO.:\nAppeal (civil)  743 of 2007\n\nPETITIONER:\nState Bank of India &amp; Anr\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSomvir Singh\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT: 13\/02\/2007\n\nBENCH:\nH.K. Sema &amp; B. Sudershan Reddy\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n<p>J U D G M E N T<br \/>\n(Arising out of SLP(c) No. 802 of 2006)<\/p>\n<p>B.SUDERSHAN REDDY,J.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tLeave granted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe sole respondent is the son of Zile Singh who died while in<br \/>\nharness on May 5, 1998. He was serving as an Assistant (typist\/clerk)<br \/>\nin the appellants-State Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as<br \/>\nappellant-Bank).  The respondent&#8217;s mother submitted an application<br \/>\nrequesting the appellant-Bank for appointment of respondent by way<br \/>\nof compassionate appointment.  The respondent at the relevant time<br \/>\nwas studying in his matriculation examination. The Zonal Office of the<br \/>\nappellant-Bank at Chandigarh required the family of the deceased<br \/>\nemployee to furnish the details of assets\/pension\/loan\/income and<br \/>\nother details as are required in order to consider the compassionate<br \/>\nappointment.  The same were furnished by the respondent.  The<br \/>\nDeputy General Manager  of the Bank submitted the proposal  for the<br \/>\nconsideration of the Competent Authority in the printed format inter<br \/>\nalia indicating the details regarding the deceased employee, terminal<br \/>\nbenefits, details of immovable property left behind him, investments<br \/>\nand liabilities  as well as pension paid. The Deputy General Manager<br \/>\nwhile forwarding the request for consideration  of the Chief General<br \/>\nManager  observed that the family of late Zile Singh has reasonable<br \/>\nsource of income to sustain itself and therefore, the request for<br \/>\nappointment on compassionate ground does not qualify for favourable<br \/>\nconsideration.  No doubt, the Branch Manager where the deceased<br \/>\nemployee was working recommended the case for appointment on<br \/>\ncompassionate ground.  The Chief General Manager having regard to<br \/>\nthe financial condition of the family found that the resources of the<br \/>\nfamily are adequate to meet its basic needs and accordingly rejected<br \/>\nthe request for appointment on compassionate grounds.  The<br \/>\nCompetent Authority  found that the financial condition of the family<br \/>\ndoes not justify any such appointment on compassionate grounds.<br \/>\nThe order of the Chief General Manager  in detail reveals  that the<br \/>\ndeceased employee was entitled to Rs. 03.15 lacs towards terminal<br \/>\nbenefits and investments out of which Rs. 02.52 lacs were deducted<br \/>\ntowards  the liabilities  leaving net surplus of Rs. 00.63 lacs.  The<br \/>\nmonthly family income included family pension drawn from the Bank<br \/>\nat Rs. 2,214\/- and income on agricultural land being Rs. 584\/-.  The<br \/>\nfamily members are living in their own house.  The value of the<br \/>\nagricultural land possessed by the family has been fixed at Rs. 7 lacs.<br \/>\nIt is under those circumstances the Bank found that the family of the<br \/>\ndeceased employee had not been left in penury or without any means<br \/>\nof livelihood.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tChallenging the order of rejection, the respondent filed a writ<br \/>\npetition in Punjab and Haryana High Court.  The Division Bench held<br \/>\nthat  the income of Rs. 2,798\/-  &#8220;could  not be treated to be an<br \/>\namount for the family which could be termed as such amount to take<br \/>\nout the family from penury.&#8221;  The High Court accordingly directed  the<br \/>\nappellant-Bank to reconsider the claim  of the petitioner  for<br \/>\ncompassionate appointment keeping in view the entire facts and<br \/>\ncircumstances of the case and the observations made  in the order.<br \/>\nThe order of the High Court is challenged in this appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn this appeal Shri Mukul Rohtagi, learned senior counsel  for the<br \/>\nappellant-Bank submitted that the High Court has committed  error in<br \/>\ndirecting the appellant-Bank  to reconsider the case of the respondent<br \/>\non compassionate ground.  The High Court ought to have appreciated<br \/>\nthat the provisions of the Scheme viz. compassionate appointment<br \/>\napplies only in cases wherein the deceased employee left the family in<br \/>\npenury and without any means of livelihood.  The monthly income<br \/>\nderived by the family and the immovable properties owned by it do not<br \/>\njustify any appointment on compassionate ground.  The<br \/>\ncompassionate appointment can be made only  in accordance with the<br \/>\nscheme and there is no right to claim any appointment  de hors the<br \/>\nscheme.   The view taken by the appellant-Bank according to the<br \/>\nlearned senior counsel to reject the claim of the respondent is in<br \/>\nconformity with the scheme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tResponding to the submissions made by the learned senior<br \/>\ncounsel, the learned counsel for the respondent submitted that the<br \/>\namount paid towards the terminal benefits and investments and the<br \/>\nfamily pension cannot be taken into consideration for the purposes of<br \/>\nassessing as to whether dependants of deceased employee are left<br \/>\nwithout any means of livelihood.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tWe have given our earnest consideration to the rival submission<br \/>\nmade during the course of hearing of this appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>Article 16(1) of the Constitution of India guarantees to all its<br \/>\ncitizens equality of opportunity in matters relating to employment or<br \/>\nappointment to any office under the State.  Article 16(2) protects<br \/>\ncitizens against discrimination in respect of any employment or office<br \/>\nunder the State on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent.<br \/>\nIt is so well settled and needs no restatement at our ends that<br \/>\nappointment on compassionate grounds is an exception carved out to<br \/>\nthe general rule that recruitment to public services is to be made in a<br \/>\ntransparent and accountable manner providing opportunity to all<br \/>\neligible persons to compete and participate in the selection process.<br \/>\nSuch appointments are required to be made on the basis of open<br \/>\ninvitation of applications and merit.  Dependants of employees died in<br \/>\nharness do not have any special or additional claim to public services<br \/>\nother than the one conferred, if any, by the employer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn Umesh Kumar Nagpal  Vs. State of Haryana [(1994) 4<br \/>\nSCC 138 ]  this Court held, &#8220;As a rule, appointments in the public<br \/>\nservices should be made strictly on the basis of open invitation of<br \/>\napplications and merit.  No other mode of appointment nor any other<br \/>\nconsideration is permissible.  Neither the Governments nor the public<br \/>\nauthorities are at liberty to follow any other procedure or relax the<br \/>\nqualifications laid down by the rules for the post.  However, to this<br \/>\ngeneral rule which is to be followed strictly in every case, there are<br \/>\nsome exceptions carved out in the interest of justice and to meet<br \/>\ncertain contingencies.  One such exception is in favour of the<br \/>\ndependants  of an employee dying in harness and leaving his family in<br \/>\npenury and without any means of livelihood.  In such cases, out of<br \/>\npure humanitarian consideration taking into consideration the fact that<br \/>\nunless some source of livelihood is provided, the family would not be<br \/>\nable to make both ends meet, a provision is made in the rules to<br \/>\nprovide gainful employment to one of the dependants of the deceased<br \/>\nwho may be eligible for such employment.  The whole object of<br \/>\ngranting compassionate employment is thus to enable the family to<br \/>\ntide over  the sudden crisis.  The object is not to give a member of<br \/>\nsuch family a post much less a post held by the deceased.&#8221; (emphasis<br \/>\nadded)<\/p>\n<p>\t In Union Bank of India &amp; Ors.  Vs.  M.T. Latheesh [ (2006)<br \/>\n7 SCC 350], this Court  while  dealing with the similar question<br \/>\nobserved that indiscriminate grant of employment on compassionate<br \/>\ngrounds would shut the door for employment to the ever-growing<br \/>\npopulation of unemployed youth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThere is no dispute whatsoever that the appellant-Bank is<br \/>\nrequired to consider the request for compassionate appointment only<br \/>\nin accordance with the scheme framed by it and no discretion as such<br \/>\nleft with any of the authorities to make compassionate  appointment<br \/>\nde hors the scheme.  In our considered opinion the claim  for<br \/>\ncompassionate appointment and the right, if any, is traceable only to<br \/>\nthe scheme, executive instructions, rules etc. framed by the employer<br \/>\nin the matter of providing employment on compassionate grounds.<br \/>\nThere is no right of whatsoever nature to claim compassionate<br \/>\nappointment on any ground other than the one, if any, conferred by<br \/>\nthe employer by way of scheme or instructions as the case may be.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe scheme for appointment of dependants of deceased<br \/>\nemployee on compassionate grounds framed by the appellant-Bank<br \/>\ninter alia provides that in making assessment of the financial condition<br \/>\nof the family which is an important criterion for determining the<br \/>\neligibility  to compassionate appointment, the following factors are<br \/>\nrequired to be taken into consideration:\n<\/p>\n<p>a)\tFamily pension\n<\/p>\n<p>b)\tGratuity amount received\n<\/p>\n<p>c)\tEmployee&#8217;s\/Employer&#8217;s contribution to Provident Fund\n<\/p>\n<p>d)\tAny compensation paid by the Bank or its Welfare Fund\n<\/p>\n<p>e)\tProceeds of LIC Policy and other investments of the<br \/>\ndeceased employee\n<\/p>\n<p>f)\tIncome for family from other sources\n<\/p>\n<p>g)\tIncome  of other family members from employment or<br \/>\notherwise\n<\/p>\n<p>h)\tSize of the family and liabilities, if any.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Competent Authority while considering the application had<br \/>\ntaken into consideration each one of those factors and accordingly<br \/>\nfound that the dependants of employee who died in harness are not in<br \/>\npenury and without any means of livelihood.  The Authority did not<br \/>\ncommit any error in taking the terminal benefits and the investments<br \/>\nand the monthly family  income including the family pension paid  by<br \/>\nthe bank into consideration for the purposes of deciding as to whether<br \/>\nthe family of late Zile Singh had been left in penury or without any<br \/>\nmeans of livelihood.  The scheme framed by the appellant-Bank in fact<br \/>\nmandates the Authority to take those factors into consideration.  The<br \/>\nAuthority also did not commit any error in taking into consideration the<br \/>\nincome of the family from other sources viz. the agricultural land.\n<\/p>\n<p>In our considered opinion the High Court itself could not have<br \/>\nundertaken any exercise to decide as to what would be the reasonable<br \/>\nincome which would be sufficient for the family for its survival  and<br \/>\nwhether it had been left in penury or without any means of livelihood.<br \/>\nThe only question the High Court could have adverted itself is whether<br \/>\nthe decision making process rejecting the claim of the respondent for<br \/>\ncompassionate appointment  is vitiated?  Whether the order is not in<br \/>\nconformity with the scheme framed by the appellant-Bank?  It is not<br \/>\neven urged that the order passed by the Competent Authority is not in<br \/>\naccordance with the scheme.  It is well settled that the hardship of the<br \/>\ndependant does not entitle one to compassionate appointment de hors<br \/>\nthe scheme or the statutory provisions as the case may be.  The<br \/>\nincome of the family from all sources is required to be taken into<br \/>\nconsideration according to scheme which the High Court altogether<br \/>\nignored while remitting the matter for fresh consideration by the<br \/>\nappellant-Bank.  It is not a case where the dependants of the<br \/>\ndeceased employee are left &#8216;without any means of livelihood&#8217; and<br \/>\nunable to make both ends meet.  The High Court ought not to have<br \/>\ndisturbed the finding and the conclusion arrived at by the appellant-<br \/>\nBank that the respondent was not living hand to mouth. As observed<br \/>\nby this Court in General Manager (D&amp;PB) and others Vs  Kunti<br \/>\nTiwary and anr. [ (2004) 7 SCC 271], the High Court cannot dilute<br \/>\nthe criteria &#8216;of penury to one of&#8217;  &#8220;not very well-to-do&#8221;.  The view<br \/>\ntaken by the Division Bench of the High Court may amount to varying<br \/>\nthe existing scheme framed by the appellant-Bank. Such a course is<br \/>\nimpermissible in law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tFor all the aforesaid reasons, we allow the appeal filed by<br \/>\nthe appellant-Bank and set aside the order passed by the Division<br \/>\nBench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.  There shall be no<br \/>\norder as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India State Bank Of India &amp; Anr vs Somvir Singh on 13 February, 2007 Author: B Reddy Bench: H.K. Sema, B. Sudershan Reddy CASE NO.: Appeal (civil) 743 of 2007 PETITIONER: State Bank of India &amp; Anr RESPONDENT: Somvir Singh DATE OF JUDGMENT: 13\/02\/2007 BENCH: H.K. Sema &amp; B. 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