2.The first respondent's father by name V.Suriyanarayanamurthy, died in harness on 01.07.1993 while working as a Postman. Subsequently, the first respondent's mother was offered appointment as Lower Division Clerk, on compassionate ground. Since she was unwell and was unable to accept the appointment, she sought compassionate appointment for her son, but her request was turned down. But, keeping in view the penury of the first respondent, the Department engaged the first respondent in the leave vacancies that arose from time to time. Even though he was engaged in the leave vacancies, he was not offered compassionate appointment. The first respondent filed an application before the second respondent-Tribunal in O.A.No.310/00531/2015 praying for a direction to grant compassionate appointment to him, on the ground that similarly placed persons have been granted such benefit. It was argued on behalf of the first respondent before the Tribunal that his case was rejected by the Department on the ground that the Circle Relaxation Committee had not recommended his case under the Relative Merit Point System (RMPS) and that the Department ought not to have placed his case before the said Committee for consideration, since the said scheme came into effect only in the year 2010, but the fact remained that his family had already been assessed to be in penury, when compassionate appointment was first offered to his mother.
