Madurai: Setting aside an order of a single judge, the Madras high court has directed the authorities to consider the application of a woman seeking compassionate appointment since her father who was a PWD employee died during service.

Ramachandran, who was working as a works inspector in PWD died in harness in 1997. His daughter R Vimala submitted an application seeking compassionate appointment and the same was rejected by the authorities.

Vimala filed a petition before HC Madurai bench but it was dismissed by the single judge observing that the rejection order does not call for interference and that grant of employment on compassionate ground is not a source of recruitment nor a bonanza.

Challenging the order, Vimala filed the present appeal. A division bench of justices T S Sivagnanam and S Ananthi observed that on closer scrutiny of the facts and considering the circumstances which are prevailing even as on date, they are inclined to grant appropriate relief to the appellant.

The judges said that it appears that the appellant has been requesting her step mother Kamala to grant ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) to her, so that her application for compassionate appointment can be processed. But Kamala refused to do so and dragged on the matter for about more than seven years.

The judges said that the appellant had granted NOC for her step brother Muruganantham to apply for compassionate appointment in 2007 and the same was rejected by the authorities.

In this factual background, the appellant had once again requested the authorities to consider her case by and the same was rejected in 2016. tnn