Age limit blocked mother, so daughter gets shot at compassionate job: MAT

The Nagpur bench of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal has passed an important order in a case involving compassionate appointment. A police employee's wife had missed out on a compassionate appointment because she crossed the age limit, and now the door has opened for her daughter to get the job instead. MAT has directed the state government to include the daughter's name in the waiting list for compassionate appointment.

The case involves the Nagpur Rural Police, where Manohar Ingle was working as a Naik Police Constable. He died on March 5, 2007. After her husband's death, his wife Pushpa Ingle applied for a government job on compassionate grounds. The police department placed Pushpa's name on the waiting list on July 19, 2008.

But despite a long wait, Pushpa did not get the job. During this time she crossed the age limit fixed for compassionate appointment, and was therefore held ineligible, with her name removed from the waiting list.

After Pushpa's name was removed, the family tried to get her daughter Diksha's name included in the compassionate appointment list. But the police department rejected Diksha's application on January 14, 2026, saying government policy had no provision for including the name of a second heir on the waiting list.

Pushpa and her daughter Diksha filed a petition against this decision before the Nagpur bench of MAT. The petition was heard by Administrative Member Nitin Gadre.

The tribunal set aside the police department's order rejecting Diksha's application. MAT also directed the state government and the concerned department to include Diksha's name in the waiting list for compassionate appointment within three months.

The order has brought relief to the Ingle family, who had been waiting a long time for compassionate appointment. Advocate Arvind Waghmare represented the applicant in the case.