1. The short facts of the case are as follows:-

The petitioner submits that the Tamil Nadu Poultry Development Corporation Limited, is a State owned Corporation and falls within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India, amenable to the jurisdiction of this Court. The petitioner further submits that the Tamil Nadu Poultry Development Corporation Limited, being the instrumentality of the State, all the executive orders passed by the Government in the matter of employment to Government servant are also applicable to the employees of TAPCO. The petitioner further submits that to be specific, the executive instructions issued in the form of Government Orders and guidelines for compassionate appointments will also govern the employees of TAPCO.

2. The petitioner further submits that his father (Late) P.G. Chandran, belonging to Hindu Adi Dravidar Community, a Scheduled Caste, was appointed as a casual labour on 14.03.1981 at Vellore Branch of the second respondent's Corporation. The petitioner's father has been continuing in the said capacity for about 10 years. Like, the petitioner's father throughout the State, there were number of causal labourers, who have been working in the second respondent's Corporation on casual basis without regularization. The petitioner further submits that the Association to which the petitioner's father belonged took up the matter to the higher authorities of the TAPCO for regularization of their services, as they have put in long number of years of service. The request of the Association was considered by the TAPCO and the 81st Board Meeting held on 30.11.1988, passed a resolution for creation of 100 posts of Farm Assistants in the TAPCO. It was also resolved to fill up the said posts by prompting the casual labourers working in the TAPCO as Farm Assistants. The petitioner further submits that by proceedings dated 11.04.1990 made in Roc.No.19551/E1/89, the Managing Director of the second respondent Corporation has appointed the petitioner's father as Farm Assistant in the Marketing Unit of the Vellore Branch of the Corporation. The scale of pay for the post of Farm Assistant has been fixed as Rs.750-12-870-14-940. The order of appointment will take effect from 16.04.1990. In the order of appointment itself, it has been specifically stated that the services of the petitioner's father will be governed by the Service Rules of the TAPCO. Thus, the petitioner's father is a regular employee of the TAPCO for all purposes and he is entitled to all the rights and privileges governing the posts.

3. The petitioner further submits that while his father was working as Farm Assistant in the Marketing Unit at Nandanam, he died due to illness on 30.09.1998. At the time of death, the age of the petitioner's father was 48. The petitioner's father had 10 years of service ahead to reach his age of superannuation. The petitioner's father was the only breadwinner of his family and the family has no other independent source of income. At the time of death, the petitioner's father left behind his wife, 5 daughters and 1 son as his legal-heirs. The details of legal-heirs are as follows:-

Sl.No	Name	Age	Relationship with petitioner's father
1	Tmt.C.Pavanammal	47	wife
2	Tmt.Kala	28	Daughter
3	Selvi Mala	26	Daughter
4	Tmt.Dhanalakshmi	25	Daughter
5.	Selvan Ganapathy	24	Son
6.	Selvi Sivasankari	19	Daughter
7.	Selvi Gayathri	17	Daughter

The petitioner further submits that due to the sudden death of his father, the family of the deceased was put to economic death. The petitioner is the only male member of his family without any employment. At the time of death of his father, the petitioner had just completed his SSLC. Subsequently, he passed Plus Two examination held in March 1993. Thereafter, the petitioner joined B.Sc. Course in the local college at Vellore