JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents 3 and 4 to grant employment to the petitioner on compassionate grounds by considering the representation dated 01.08.2019 within a time frame to be fixed by this Hon’ble Court.)

1. The prayer sought for herein is for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents 3 and 4 to grant employment to the petitioner on compassionate grounds by considering the representation dated 01.08.2019 within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. The petitioner’s father one Vivekanandan was employed in the Panchayat Union School, Athur, Mayiladuthurai Union, Nagapattinam District ie., the fifth respondent School. While he was in service, he passed away on 05.02.2012 leaving behind his wife and the petitioner, who is the son of the deceased, as his legal heirs. When his father passed away, the petitioner was a minor. Therefore, on his behalf, the mother of the petitioner sent a representation to the third and fourth respondents to consider and give appointment to the petitioner under compassionate ground. Since he was still minor, that was not considered a