The Kerala High Court on Wednesday allowed the plea of a woman for compassionate appointment after one year of her remarriage, stating that a compassionate appointment is a ‘valuable statutory right’ for teachers in a government-aided school.

Justice N Nagaresh, while allowing the woman’s plea, observed, “While in the case of government servants, the claim for compassionate appointment is based on executive instructions issued and amended by the government from time to time, as far as teachers in the aided schools in Kerala are concerned, compassionate appointment is a valuable statutory right.”

Noting that the language of Rule 51B of Kerala Education Rules (KER) confirms that an aided school’s manager shall give employment to a dependent of the school teacher dying in harness, the court

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