P.K. Misra, J.

Heard Ms. Selvi George, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr.P.S. Sivashanmuga Sundaram, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

2. The facts giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows:

One Mr.A. Gajendran was employed as a Secondary Grade Teacher and he died in harness on 4.8.1986. The said person had married one Valliammal. But, since there was no issue through the said Valliammal, he had married one Chellammal. The present writ petitioner is the daughter born to him through his second wife Chellammal. After the death of the bread winner of the family, the first wife Mrs.Valliammal died on 29.9.1990. An application was made on behalf of the present petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground and ultimately, in the year 1996, the petitioner was appointed as the Junior Assistant/Typist. Subsequently, by order dated 1.7.2002, she was terminated from service solely on the ground that she was born through the second wife and since the second marriage was void, she was not entitled to appointment on compassionate ground.

3. The present petitioner filed Original Application No.4359 of 2002 before the Tamil Nadu Administra