ORDER :

The relief sought for in the present writ petition is to direct the respondents to pass appropriate orders on the application submitted by the writ petitioner seeking appointment on compassionate grounds.

2. The petitioner states that his mother was employed as Junior Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and died on 03.02.2009. The petitioner was a minor at the time of death of his mother of the writ petitioner. The petitioner was 12 years old at the time of death of his mother. The father of the writ petitioner also died subsequently.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that since the petitioner was minor and he had not submitted the application for compassionate appointment, within a period of three years from the date of death of his mother. However, the said application was rejected by the respondents on the ground that no application was received within the period of three years.

4. The mother of the writ petitioner died in the year 2009 and now 13 years lapsed. More-so, the petitioner has not submitted an application, within a period three years as stipulated in the terms and conditions of the Scheme of Compassionate Appointment.

5. Scheme of compassi