HC dismisses woman’s plea for compassionate appointment

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:23.03.2020

The Madras high court has dismissed a plea of a woman seeking compassionate appointment after her mother, who was working as a sanitary worker, died in 2011.

Justice J Nisha Banu passed the order while hearing the plea moved by P Sathya who sought compassionate appointment after the demise of her mother, Pavunthai.

Pavunthai was working as a sanitary worker in Usilampatti municipality in Madurai district.

The judge observed that as per the GO passed by the labour and employment department in 1995, time limitation of three years has been fixed for the legal heirs to submit an application for compassionate appointment. Her mother had died in 2011 while she filed an application seeking compassionate appointment in 2013, according to her counsel.

The same was rejected in 2018 on grounds that it was not submitted with three years. The authorities stated that she had submitted her application only in 2017.

The judge noted that the petitioner could not produce any proof to show she had submitted an application within three years. Hence, the judge dismissed the petition. “The object being of providing compassionate appointment is to enable the family to get over the financial crisis which it faces at the time of the death of the sole breadwinner. Compassionate appointment cannot be claimed when the crisis is over,” said the judge.

The judge noted that the petitioner could not produce any proof to show she had submitted an application within three years