In Brief
The State of Madhya Pradesh challenged High Court orders directing it to consider a deceased work-charge employee's dependent for compassionate appointment under a 2016 policy amendment. The employee died in 2015 under a 2014 policy that did not entitle work-charge employees' heirs to such appointments. The Supreme Court held that compassionate appointment claims must be decided only under the policy existing at the date of death, not subsequent amendments. Retroactive application of the 2016 policy was impermissible. The Court quashed the High Court orders and dismissed the respondent's entitlement to compassionate appointment, allowing the appeals.
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