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Sethu v. The Tamilnadu Housing Board

Madras HC24 Oct 2025WP(MD)/22801/2022

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What is this about?

MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH) | Justice Abdul Quddhose | W.P.(MD)No.22801 of 2022 | decided 24.10.2025 | compassionate appointment | minor applicant aged 11 years | grandmother applied 07.08.2012 | father died while in service | Tamil Nadu Housing Board rejection order dated 29.11.2019 | G.O.(Ms).No.155 Labour and Employment Department dated 10.12.2014, effective 04.05.2010, minors ineligible | Article 226 Constitution of India, Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus | writ petition dismissed, no costs | Advocates: S.Siva Ilayaraja (petitioner); S.Sumesh, Standing Counsel (respondent).

What did the court decide?

None; the writ petition stands dismissed with no costs. ¶27

Sethu Vs The Tamilnadu Housing Board — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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W.P.(MD)No.22801 of 2022

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 24.10.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE

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W.P.(MD)No.22801 of 2022

Sethu

... Petitioner

Vs.

The Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Represented by its Managing Director, 493, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai-600 035.

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... Respondent

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, call for the records of the respondent bearing Letter No. Pa.Tho.Nu.A.3/15822/2013 dated 29.11.2019 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent positively consider the petitioner application under the compassionate grounds.

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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Siva Ilayaraja For Respondent : Mr.S.Sumesh, Standing Counsel

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O R D E R

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This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned order dated 29.11.2019 passed by the respondent rejecting the petitioner's request for 1/4

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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compassionate appointment on the ground that he is a minor and therefore, he is not entitled to get compassionate appointment as per G.O.(Ms).No.155, Labour and Employment Department, dated 10.12.2014.

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This Court had directed the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent on the last hearing date, to produce G.O.(Ms).No.155, Labour and Employment Department, dated 10.12.2014. Accordingly, the learned Standing Counsel has produced G.O.(Ms).No.155, Labour and Employment Department, dated 10.12.2014 today. As seen from the same, the said Government Order comes into effect from 04.05.2010. Admittedly, the petitioner was a minor when his grandmother submitted the application for compassionate appointment with the respondent on 07.08.2012. The petitioner was aged 11 years at that point of time. As seen from G.O.(Ms).No.155, Labour and Employment Department, dated 10.12.2014 referred to supra, it is clear that the employment for a minor on compassionate appointment cannot be considered, as he is not eligible. Only due to the fact that the petitioner was a minor at the time when his grandmother had submitted the application for compassionate appointment on 07.08.2012 on account of the death of the petitioner's father while he was in service, the respondent / Board has rightly rejected the request for compassionate appointment to the petitioner.

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