ORDER :

Krishnan Ramasamy, J.

1. The present Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to provide a job to her based on her educational qualifications within a stipulated time for the grave physical injuries, mental injury, emotional sufferings, and permanent disability caused by the fourth respondent's temple elephant.

2. With the consent of counsel on either side, this Writ Petition has been taken up for final disposal.

3. Brief facts of the case:-

(i) When the petitioner was around three years old, on 03.10.1999, she visited Arulmigu Samayapuram Mariyamman Temple along with her father L. Rajendran, mother Kalaivani, brother Sivaraman and uncle Subramaniam to worship the Goddess Samayapuram Mariyamman. When they were returning from the Sanctum Sanctorum after worship, inside the temple, a belligerent temple elephant had become highly aggressive and all the devotees had started running helter-skelter to protect themselves. At the time, the temple elephant had attacked the petitioner and her mother with its tusk, as the result, both fell on the floor and thereby the petitioner had sustained severe injuries on her throat.