Compassionate Appointment -- Claim by Younger Son Over Elder Daughters -- Policy of first child is gender-neutral, does not favour son
(i) Compassionate Appointment -- Claim by Younger Son Over Elder Daughters -- A policy providing compassionate appointment to the first child of a deceased employee makes no distinction between male and female children. Being the only son does not entitle a younger child to preferential treatment over an elder daughter, since such differentiation would offend the constitutional guarantee against gender discrimination. (ii) Compassionate Appointment -- Belated Claim After Long Lapse of Time -- Compassionate appointment is meant to provide immediate financial assistance to a family that has suddenly lost its breadwinner and is not a hereditary right flowing from the post held by the deceased employee. A claim raised decades after the death, where the family has survived without such appointment, cannot be entertained.
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