ORDER :

Prayer : Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records connected with the Impugned Letter No.SCT5/6908/2014/GA dated --.12.2014 issued by the 2nd respondent and quash the same and direct the 1st respondent to appoint the petitioner in any job based upon his seniority number D.R.2361 in the respondent’s Port Trust from 2005 duly permitting him to draw his arrears of pay and allowances and other benefits in the respective scale of pay retrospectively on par with his juniors A. Sumathi & Jayachitra.

The order dated December 2014 issued by the second respondent/Chennai Port Trust, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner for compassionate appointment is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The petitioner states that his father Late M.Sundaram served in Chennai Port Trust and died on 10.06.1998, while he was in service. The petitioner submitted an application seeking appointment on compassionate grounds on 07.08.1998 and the benefit of the scheme of compassionate appointment was not extended to the petitioner by the respondents during the relevant point of time.

3. Pursuant to the