The Madhya Pradesh High Court was dealing with rival plea of daughter and son for compassionate appointment. (AI-generate Image)

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that the compassionate appointment is not a heritable estate or a property right that devolves by succession, but rather a concession granted to save a bereaved family from sudden financial destitution.

Justice Jai Kumar Pillai was hearing two pleas involving rival claims for a compassionate appointment by a son and a married daughter following the death of a government employee .

“Compassionate appointment is not a heritable estate or a property right that devolves by succession.…