1. The husband of the petitioner while working as a Lineman Grade-I in the Kerala State Electricity Board ['the KSEB' for short] suffered serious injuries I n a motor accident on 21.1.2007. The victim sustained Fracture of Left Frontal Bone and Temporal Bone with Multiple Contusions Brain with Fracture Left Zygomatic Arch and Tracheotomy was done on 25.1.2007. The permanent disability of the husband of the petitioner had been assessed at 100% by the K.G. Hospital, Coimbatore wherein he was treated as an inpatient. The treatment continued for long as an outpatient and the husband of the petitioner was initially granted leave without allowance on medical grounds. The husband of the petitioner is permanently incapacitated for further service of any kind in the KSEB as per the medical certificate issued by the Standing Medical Board. The KSEB finally allowed the husband of the petitioner to retire from service on medically invalid grounds with effect from 17.6.2009 as per the Kerala Service Rules. The monthly income of the family depleted and the necessity to look after her ailing husband involving expenditure prompted the petitioner to apply for compassionate employment in