JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order passed in Na.Ka.No.225/2022/Tho.Ve.Ko.Ka.Sa dated 21.01.2023 by the second respondent herein and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent nos.1 to 3 to consider the petitioner''s application dated 09.12.2022 for compassionate appointment in the third respondent society, within a stipulated time as fixed by this Court.)

By consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal.

2. The petitioner is the son of Late A. Kanniyappan, who was appointed as a Ration Shop Packer on 10.09.1982 in the third respondent''s Society. He was promoted as a Ration Shop Salesman in Thellar Village and while in service, he died on 24.09.2021 after putting 39 years of service. The petitioner''s request for compassionate appointment through his application dated 09.12.2022 has been rejected by the second respondent through the order dated 21.01.2023, on the ground that the services of his father was not regularised before his death and therefore, he cannot claim for appointment under the C