M.Manikandan v. the Additional Chief Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: compassionate appointment; indigent circumstances; death of mother (Lab Assistant, Forensic Science Department) on 10.12.2010; application filed 02.12.2013 within three-year limitation; father a junior assistant in HR & CE department regularised 2010, retired 01.04.2014 on Rs.8,000/- pay — not treated as disqualification; G.O.(Ms).No.33 dated 08.03.2023 indigence ceiling of Rs.3,00,000/- annual income; writ appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent; single Judge's dismissal in W.P.(MD)No.3330 of 2020 (23.02.2022) set aside; direction to grant compassionate appointment in any suitable post within four months; no costs; W.A(MD) No.680 of 2022; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; decided 04.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
The administrative rejection order and the learned single Judge's dismissal order were set aside; respondents directed to grant compassionate appointment to the appellant in any post deemed fit within four months from receipt of a copy of the order; appeal allowed with no costs.