Chhattisgarh High Court Cancels Compassionate Appointment of Younger Son, Prioritizes Elder Son Based on Seniority

Chhattisgarh High Court has cancelled a compassionate appointment given to a younger son after his father, a government employee, died in service, ruling that the elder son should have been considered first. The court held that where two sons are eligible, seniority of age determines priority, and directed a fresh order within 30 days. [...] The court addressed this squarely, noting that the Supreme Court had settled the question in Union of India versus V.R. Tripathi (2019) and again in Mukesh Kumar versus Union of India (2022), both of which held that a child born from a second marriage of a deceased government employee is legitimate and equally entitled to the benefit of compassionate appointment. [...] Justice Agrawal said he fully agreed with the view taken by the Patna High Court and endorsed the principle as valid, rational, and justified. [...] The matter was remitted to the District Education Officer to pass a fresh order after hearing the elder son, subject to his fulfilling other eligibility criteria as on the date of his original application. [...] The parties were directed to bear their own costs.