JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records on the file of the fourth respondent in Na.Ka.No.4826/2010/Pa.Tho dated 19.02.2014, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to consider the qualification and eligibility of the petitioner for appointment in the Department on compassionate ground and to pass appropriate orders of appointment to any posts commensurate with his eligibility.)

1. The order of rejection, 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 Thiru.P.Muthuraj was working as Senior Inspector of Cooperative Societies and died on 17.05.1997, while he was in service. During the relevant point of time, the petitioner was a minor and therefore, not eligible to submit an application seeking appointment on compassionate ground.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner made a submission that the mother of the writ petitioner submitted an application immediately after the death of his father. However, the said application was not con