The bench, in its judgment, underscored that when there was an equal duty cast on both sons and daughters to maintain aged parents under the Senior Citizens Act, and in this light the assumption seeking to distinguish between a married son and daughter for compassionate appointment could not be sustained.
“Yardstick, for extending the benefit of compassionate appointment in terms of the Rules is and should be dependency of the dependents on the deceased government servant and, therefore, their marital status only should not be an impediment for consideration on compassionate ground.“
Source: Barandbench
