JUDGMENT

1. This writ petition has been filed to set aside the memo dated 13.03.2020 issued by the 1st respondent. A writ of Mandamus is sought to set aside the said memo dated 13.03.2020 to provide compassionate appointment to the petitioner. The petitioner is the daughter of late Sri K.Konda Babu, who was working as Police Constable with the respondents died in February, 2014, leaving the petitioner and her mother and two other children. Initially, the widow of late Konda Babu-the petitioner’s mother submitted an application for compassionate appointment, but later, she withdrew the same and requested the respondents to provide employment to the petitioner. After protracted correspondence lasting over a number of years, a final order dated 13.03.2020 was passed rejecting the claim of the petitioner and the same is questioned in this writ petition.

2. This Court has heard Sri R.Satyanarayana Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Government Pleader for Services-I, who appeared for the respondents.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s mother made an application within one year of the death of her husband for compassionate appointment. Later, on h