S.Rajkumar v. Principal

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

The Hon'ble Mr. Justice SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY

S.Rajkumar ... Petitioner

Principal, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry ... RespondentS

PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus to direct the Respondent to appoint the Petitioner to the post of Helper on a Daily Wages of Rs.254/- under the land affected category in the vacancy which has been offered to Thiru.Balachandar who is a member of the same family.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Ajaykumar

For Respondent : Ms.G.Sudha

I heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned counsel representing the Pondicherry Engineering College.

1. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to appoint the Petitioner to the post of helper on daily wages under the land affected category in the vacancy offered to Thiru.G.Balachandar who is the Petitioner's cousin.

1. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner's grand father's lands had been acquired for purposes of construction of the Engineering College and, therefore, as per the extant scheme, a job was to be offered to an eligible member of the family. In terms thereof, a job was offered to Thiru.G.Balachandar who is the Petitioner's cousin. For this purpose, he relied upon the letter dated 31.05.2010 from the Respondent college to Mr.G.Balachandar. He also pointed out that the said Balachandar had stated that