Supreme Court Child Orphaned At The Age Of Five Will Get Compassionate Job After 19 Years – Delay in justice so wrong right

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After wandering from door to door for 19 years to the child who was orphaned at the age of five, finally the highest court of the country gave justice. The Supreme Court ordered him to be given a job on compassionate grounds.

A bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vikram Nath rejected the contention of the Uttar Pradesh government that giving compassionate jobs after so many years would set a wrong precedent. The bench said, “If it is a wrong precedent, then it is wrong. The hardships that the children (applicant and his sister) had to go through over the years can be well understood. During the hearing, the bench also observed that these children living with their maternal grandparents were deprived of financial benefits including pension for more than 15 years.

He also got pension and other arrears in 2019 when a contempt petition was filed against the state government. The bench said, it is a proper case for imposing fine against the state government. The Supreme Court did not impose a fine on the state government on repeated requests by the counsel appearing for the state government not to pay the fine, but adopting a humane approach, within two months, the concerned authority had to grant Ganesh Shankar Shukla (petitioner) the educational qualification. The order has been given to give job on the basis.

Advocate Ashutosh Yadav, appearing for petitioner Ganesh, argued that Ganesh had attained majority in the year 2015 and had passed the intermediate examination in 2016. After attaining majority, he came to know about the right to get a job on compassionate grounds. After that he approached various forums.

What’s the matter?

According to the petition, Ganesh’s mother Geeta Devi Shukla was an assistant teacher in a primary school in district Ramabai Nagar (Kanupar Dehat). Geeta Devi died on 13 March 2003. At that time Ganesh was only five years old while his sister was eight years old. The father had already died. The children who were orphaned at a young age were brought up by the maternal grandfather. The department did not pay the dues/funds of Geeta Devi to the petitioner. In December 2008, a representation was made on behalf of the petitioner to the concerned authority for release of pension/fund, but the authority did nothing.

In 2016, the tribunal ordered the concerned authority to give family pension. For non-compliance of this order, a contempt petition was filed, then the pension was issued, but he did not get relief from the compassionate job. Ganesh filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court after not getting any relief from the Allahabad High Court.