JUDGMENT

The petitioner has approached this Court aggrieved by the denial of her appointment as a Full-Time Menial (F.T.M) in the 6th respondent school. The approval was denied mainly because, as of the date of the order of appointment, the petitioner was over- aged.

2. The facts which are necessary for adjudication of the issues involved in this case are as follows:

The petitioner was initially appointed by the 5 th respondent as Office Attendant in St.Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Murickassery in a leave vacancy of one Chacko C.J. for the period from 01.10.2018 and she continued till 28.02.2019. Exhibit P1 is the certificate issued by the Manager in this regard. Thereafter, the 5 th respondent appointed the petitioner as Office Attendant in the 6 th respondent’s school against another leave vacancy of Smt. Elsy T.N. from 01.07.2019 on daily wages and she continued there till 24.03.2020. Her services were terminated as a consequence of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exhibit P2 is the certificate issued by the Manager evidencing the same. However, the services covered by Exts.P1 and P2 were not approved by the authorities concerned.

2.1. Later in the 6 th respondent-School, the