JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the proceedings of the 4th respondent in Na.Ka.No.2608/A1/2012 dated 18.03.2013 quash the same and consequently direct the 4th and 5th respondents to provide employment to the petitioners under compassion.)

1. The order of rejection dated 18.03.2013 rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The petitioner states that her father Mr.P.Ramanujam was working as Head Master in the 6th respondent school and died on 25.09.1997, while he was in service. The petitioner was a minor at the time of death of her father, her mother submitted an application on 11.09.2000 seeking appointment on compassionate ground. The said application was not considered by the authorities as the petitioner was minor and not eligible for employment. The petitioner had submitted an application on attaining the age of majority and admittedly after a lapse of 3 years from the date of death of her father. In this regard, the learned counsel for the petitioner made a submission that the mother o