Neeraj Kumar Gothwal vs D/o Post on 8 October 2026

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JAIPUR Order Sheet Item no.: 16 O.A./402/2018 (JAIPUR) [ COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT ] Court No.: 1 No of Adjournment: 37 Order Dated: 08/10/2026 NEERAJ KUMAR GOTHWAL Vs D/O POST For Applicant(s) Advocate : Shri C.B. Sharma For Respondent(s) Advocate : Shri Abhishek Sharma Notes of The Registry Order of The Tribunal The father of the applicant expired on 26th September, 2016 while holding the post of Postal Assistant, Shrimadhopur Head Post Office. The applicant applied for grant of compassionate appointment, which was considered by the respondents and his case was placed before the Circle Relaxation Committee (CRC) which met on 28th August, 2017. The case of the applicant was considered along with 56 other cases against 11 vacancies of PA/SA, 03 vacancies of Postman and 06 vacancies of MTS earmarked for appointment on compassionate grounds for the year 2016-2017 but did not find the case of the applicant relatively deserving as he had secured 47 points against the last cut off of 50 points for the post of PA/SA, 50 points for the post of Postman and 48 points for the post of MTS. The applicant alleging that he had been wrongly awarded marks in comparison to the others, filed the present Original Application without impleading the selected candidates as party/respondents. The applicant has contended that the respondents considered the amount of gratuity, which in his case was more than that of the selected candidates because the rates of gratuity had increased after the year 2016. In other words, his claim is that those who have been selected, the death of the employees in their NATHU LAL KUMAWAT

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cases, was prior to 2016; they had received lesser amount of gratuity and in his case since the death of his father occurred after 01.01.2016, as such, the amount of gratuity was higher. Similarly, he has stated that the points awarded to him on account of valuation of property is wrong because as per the DLC rate, the value of the agricultural property was in fact Rs. 1,89,915/- instead of Rs. 2,27,827/-. On the other hand, the respondents in their reply have stated that they have applied the uniform criteria as has been provided under the Scheme for Compassionate Appointment-Relative Merit Points and Procedure for Selection dated 20th January, 2010 (Annexure R/2). The respondents have annexed affidavits given by the mother of the applicant as Annexure R/3 and R/4 wherein the mother of the applicant has stated the value of their share of house to be approximately Rs. 1,00,000/- and DLC value of the agricultural land to be Rs. 2,27,827/-. As such, the respondents based on the affidavits of the mother of the applicant have considered the total value of the property to be Rs. 3,27,827/- and as per the criteria/table provided in the aforementioned Scheme for Compassionate Appointment-Relative Merit Points and Procedure for Selection dated 20th January, 2010, the applicant was entitled to 03 points/marks. Heard both sides and perused the material available on record. The death of the father of the applicant occurred in the year 2016. The respondents duly considered the case of the applicant based upon the uniformly applied criteria/yardsticks based on the scale of 100 points for the applicant as well as all the 56 other candidates along with the applicant. The applicant secured 47 points against the last cut off of 50 points for the post NATHU LAL KUMAWAT

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of PA/SA, 50 points for the post of Postman and 48 points for the post of MTS. The two main grounds which the applicant has taken claiming that he has been wrongly awarded lesser marks ; one is that the value of his property has wrongly been made for which he has relied upon the doucment received by him under RTI claiming it to be counter signed by Nayab (Dy.) Tehsildar, Patan (Annexure A/9) which he filed along with rejoinder wherein the value of the agricultural land as per DLC rate has been mentioned as Rs. 189915/-. We have perused the same and agree with the learned counsel for the respondents that this document cannot be relied upon as the same has been procured under RTI. Besides, the name mentioned in this document is "Nanda" whereas the name of the father of the applicant is "Nand Lal Verma". Otherwise also this document procured under RTI has been annexed by the applicant subsequently as Annexure R/9 with his rejoinder and was never submitted by him along with his application for grant of compassionate appointment. The documents which were submitted by the applicant/his mother with the respondent department for grant of compassionate appointment were two affidavits, which are Annexure R/3 and R/4 in the present O.A., duly executed by his mother wherein she had declared the cost of the house as Rs. 1,00,000/- and cost of the agricultural land according to DLC rates as Rs. 2,27,827/-; the total of which comes to Rs. 3,27,827/- and this is the amount which has been considered by the respondents as value of the property possessed by the family while passing the impugned Annexure A/1 letter dated 13.09.2017 as such the respondents have rightly awarded 03 points based upon the value of the property as per table laid down in the Scheme for Compassionate Appointment-Relative Merit Points and Procedure NATHU LAL KUMAWAT

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for Selection dated 20th January, 2010 (Annexure A/4). As to the second ground of considering the amount of gratuity which was higher after 01.01.2016. The points are not awarded for gratuity but points are awarded keeping in view the quantum of the gratuity. So based upon the quantum of gratuity received by the family of the applicant, the marks/points have rightly been awarded to the applicant. Otherwise also the comparative hardship is considered by the CRC vis-a-vis other cases before it and the applicant has not impleaded any of the successful candidates as party/respondents in the present O.A. In view of the above, the present Original Application is not a fit case for interference by this Tribunal and the same deserves to be dismissed. Accordingly, the present Original Application is dismissed. No order as to costs. LOK RANJAN MEMBER (A) RANJANA SHAHI MEMBER (J) Nathulal Kumawat ( ps )

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