ORDER :

The Present Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief:

“…..this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering petitioner’s request for appointment for petitioner’s son i.e., T. Bhaskara Rao in the respondents Visakhapatnam Port Trust in suitable post on compassionate grounds as bad, illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner in a suitable post in Visakhapatnam Port Trust on compassionate grounds with effect from the date on which the junior to the petitioner’s were appointed and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”.

2. The facts of the case as per the averments made in the affidavit of the petitioner filed along with Writ Petition are as under :

(i) The husband of the petitioner i.e., T. Narsing Rao died on 24-08-1990 while he was working as Hamali in the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. After the death of her husband, the petiti