‘Compassionate appointment not a right but exception’

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has flagged serious transparency and governance gaps in the way compassionate appointments are handled across government departments, warning that opaque decision-making and poorly defined policies are fuelling disputes, litigation and a steady rise in RTI applications nationwide.

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In an order with wider implications for public administration, the Commission directed the Central GST and Central Excise Department in Lucknow to disclose screening committee records in a compassionate appointment case, stressing that secrecy around such processes undermines accountability.