JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the 4th respondent in A1/019461/2021, dated 30.12.2021, to quash the same and to direct the respondents to sanction maternity leave to the petitioner for 12 months commencing from 20.09.2021 and to quash the same.)

1. This Writ Petition is filed for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to quash the impugned order passed by the 4th respondent in A1/019461/2021, dated 30.12.2021 and to direct the respondents to sanction maternity leave to the petitioner for 12 months commencing from 20.09.2021 and to quash the same.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner joined the fourth respondent Corporation on 12.04.2013 as “Unskilled Worker”. The petitioner's first child was mentally retarded who is having Cerebral Palsy and she is completely immobilized. On 21.11.2015, the petitioner gave birth to another child, namely, Dakshasri. Since the petitioner's first child was mentally retarded, the petitioner and her husband decided to have one more child. The petitioner was concei