LAWS(MAD)-2019-3-459

K.GOPUKUMAR Vs. SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

Decided On March 22, 2019
K.Gopukumar Appellant
V/S
SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The order of rejection dtd. 6/11/2015, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner for compassionate appointment is under challenge in the present writ petition.

(2.) The father of the writ petitioner Shri.Mr.Krishnan, was employed as I.B Warden and died on 29/10/1996, while he was in service. The first application seeking appointment to the brother of the writ petitioner was filed during the year 1997 and the same was not considered by the competent authorities. The elder brother of the writ petitioner was already working in the services of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board as a temporary employee and subsequently, brought under the regular establishment. He would not be provided with an appointment on compassionate grounds. In other words, even at the time of the death of the father of the writ petitioner, his elder brother was employed in the Electricity Board as temporary employee.

(3.) The learned counsel for the writ petitioner states that the elder brother of the writ petitioner, after sometime, got married and living separately and not maintaining the family of the writ petitioner. Thus, the writ petitioner submitted an application seeking appointment on compassionate grounds on 22/2/2002.