By consent, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal.

2. This writ petition is directed against the award of the Industrial Tribunal passed in I.D. No.28 of 2001 dated 26.8.2002 on the file of the second respondent/Industrial Tribunal wherein the petitioners have been directed to provide job assistance to R. Lalitha, W/o O.S. Radhakrishnan on compassionate grounds as ‘Sweeper‘ as and when vacancy arises and to quash the same.

3. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is that one O.S. Radhakrishnan was employed as Commercial Assistant in Chengalpet Electricity Distribution Circle on the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board died on 22.5.1980 while he was in service. He was a member of the first respondent union. After his demise, his wife Lalitha applied for employment on compassionate grounds and her request was rejected by the second petitioner vide his memo dated 3.11.1999. After receipt of this order rejecting her claim, she raised a dispute through the first respondent before the Inspector of Labour for conciliation and as the conciliation proceedings ended in failure, the same was reported to the Government. The Government of Tamil Nadu, in its G.O. (D) No. 238 (Labo