PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 22 -- The Allahabad high court has held that compassionate appointment is an exception to the general process of recruitment and that undue reliance cannot be placed on the recruitment rules to defeat its objective. A division bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla directed the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to reconsider the claim of a candidate seeking compassionate appointment afresh within one month, in accordance with law. The court also directed the university to consider the candidate's claim without applying the age limit prescribed under the recruitment rules, and instead exercise the discretionary power of age relaxation available under the compassionate appointment rules. The case arose from the rejection of the respondent's application for compassionate appointment following the death of her sister, who was employed with BHU. P2...