S.Muthulakshmi, v. the Chairman Cum Managing Director
Compassionate appointment – TANGEDCO – appellant's father, employed as Masdoor, died in service on 02.05.2013
Case brief
What is this about?
W.A(MD) No.1394 of 2022, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 16.02.2026 (G.R.Swaminathan & R.Kalaimathi JJ.) — Compassionate appointment in TANGEDCO sought by S.Muthulakshmi after her father Selvaraj, a Masdoor, died in service on 02.05.2013; application rejected on 19.09.2019 for lacking the 8th-standard qualification, and dismissal of W.P.(MD)No.2013 of 2020 (order dated 23.02.2022) upheld the strict-application view. Since the appellant passed the 8th standard during the pendency, the Division Bench set aside the orders, directed her inclusion in the compassionate-appointment panel with seniority from December 2021 and suitable employment when her turn arises; appeal allowed, no costs. Filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent; appellant represented by V.Muthuvelan, respondents by standing counsel B.Ramanathan.
What did the court decide?
Writ appeal allowed with no costs; the impugned order and the learned single Judge's order set aside; respondents directed to include the appellant in the list of persons chosen for compassionate appointment, reckon her seniority from December 2021, and grant her suitable employment as and when her turn comes.