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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
T.VINOD KUMAR
R. Yogesh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Management of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (CPCL) – Respondent
ORDER :
T.VINOD KUMAR, J.
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing for the respondents and perused the records.
2. The petitioner by the present writ petition assails the action of the second respondent in issuing the impugned proceeding dated 22.09.2017 by which the request made by the petitioner's mother under letter dated 30.08.2017 for providing suitable job to the petitioner on compassionate grounds, has been rejected.
3. The facts giving rise to the present writ petition are that the petitioner's father while working as an operator in the respondents’ plant, had deceased on 23.03.2010, while discharging his duties and trying to prevent Hydrogen Sulphide (H S) gas leak at the respondents plant.
4. Petitioner contends that if his father did not risk his life on the fateful day, seeking the gas leak, he having moved towards the compressor plant and switching off the device, resulted in preventing in one of the worst industrial disaster; and that by showing his bravery, the petitioner’s father had saved the Refinery plant and thousands of lives by sacrificing his own life.
5. On behalf of the petitioner, it is contended that on account of the sudde
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