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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
SUREPALLI NANDA
Nawapeta Meena – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
ORDER :
SUREPALLI NANDA, J.
Heard Smt. Rachana Reddy, learned Senior Designated Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-III, appearing on behalf of respondents.
2. The petitioner approached this Court by filing the present writ petition seeking the prayer as under:
“…to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in issuing Letter vide Lr.No.A2/1404/2022 Dt.08.06.2022, thereby rejecting proposal of District Welfare Officer for providing employment to the Petitioner under compassionate grounds, in spite of enclosing all the relevant documents, as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of Article 21 under the Constitution of India, and in violation of principles of natural Justice and consequently direct the respondents to accept the petitioners appointment application and provide employment to the Petitioner for the post of Junior Assistant and pass...”
3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, as per the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the present writ petition, is as follows:
The petitioner is the daughter of Late Smt. Navapeta Ch
Married daughters are entitled to compassionate appointment on par with sons, as marital status does not negate their familial ties or dependency.
Married daughters are entitled to compassionate appointment, and discrimination based on marital status violates Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution.
Point of law: undisputedly the petitioner is the elder daughter of the deceased and she along with her husband is staying at the place of the deceased even after her marriage. In the society, there a....
Exclusion of married daughters from compassionate appointment violates constitutional rights to equality and non-discrimination; eligibility should be based on dependency, not marital status.
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