In Brief
A widow obtained compassionate employment after her husband's death but then remarried and abandoned her five children to their maternal grandfather's care. The High Court directed that her family pension and 50% of her salary be paid to the grandfather for the children's benefit. The Supreme Court upheld this order, holding that compassionate appointment rules require appointees to maintain dependent family members. Since the widow failed to do so, diverting 50% of her salary to the children until age 25 (when family pension ceases) was an appropriate alternative to terminating her appointment.
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