Madras High CourtWP(MD)/3712/2022disposed of

Narayanan A v. The Chief Engineer

2022-04-06Honourable Mr Justice S.M. Subramaniam2 pages

W.P.(MD) No.3712 of 2022 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 06.04.2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.(MD) No.3712 of 2022 A.Narayanan ... Petitioner -vs1.The Chief Engineer, Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, TANGEDCO, 8th Floor, No.144, Anna Salai, NPKRR-Maaligai, Chennai-2.

2.The Executive Engineer (Distribution), Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, TANGEDCO, Maharaja Nagar, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli (Dist). 3.The Superintendent Engineer, Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, TANGEDCO, Maharaja Nagar, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli (Dist). 4.Neelakandan ... Respondents Prayer:- Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent 1 to 3 to provide the compassionate appointment in view of the death of the Petitioners father namely P.Arumugam who was working as fitter died during the period of employment on 04.05.2021 in the Respondent No.3 in view of Petitioner's representation dated 31.01.2022 and 07.02.2022.

For Petitioner :

Mr.V.Selvakumar For RR1 to 3 :

Mr.S.Arivalagan Standing Counsel

O R D E R

The relief sought for in the present writ petition is to direct respondents 1 to 3 to provide compassionate appointment in view of the death of the father of the writ petitioner late P.Arumugam, who was working as a Fitter and died while he was in service on 04.05.2021.

2. The learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-TANGEDCO made a submission that there is a dispute between the legal heirs of the deceased employee for submitting an application for compassionate appointment. Initially, the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

W.P.(MD) No.3712 of 2022 petitioner filed an affidavit of no objection and subsequently, withdrew the same.

3. This being the factum, the petitioner has to resolve the family disputes between the legal heirs and thereafter, eligible legal heir may submit an application seeking compassionate appointment to the respondents and in such an event, the respondents have to strictly scrutinise the application in terms of compassionate appointment scheme.

4. The learned Standing Counsel further states that the 4th respondent is gainfully employed in a private company at Chennai.

5. All these factors are to be taken note of while scrutinising the application, if any, filed after resolving the disputes between the legal heirs. With this observation, this Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-I) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Abr To 1.The Chief Engineer, Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, TANGEDCO, 8th Floor, No.144, Anna Salai, NPKRR-Maaligai, Chennai-2.