JUDGMENT

Dated this the 7th day of February 2023 MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, J.

The petitioner has filed this writ petition challenging Ext.P5 order passed by the Kerala Lok Ayukta in complaint No. 2765/11-A, whereby the complaint has been dismissed.

2. The petitioner and the 1st respondent are sisters.

Their mother Smt. B.Thajuma Beegum was an Attender at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram and she died in harness on 14.12.2004. Their father expired on 15.6.2005, leaving the petitioner and the 1st respondent as the legal heirs surviving their deceased mother. According to the petitioner, after the death of her mother, it was agreed between the petitioner and the 1st respondent that the petitioner would avail employment under the dying in harness scheme and the 1st respondent would avail the monetary benefits as the legal heir of their deceased mother. Accordingly, the petitioner submitted necessary applications before the authorities for employment. The petitioner later got married on 4.2.2006. While she was awaiting an appointment order for employment under the dying-in- harness scheme, she received a letter dated 2.1.2009 from the Taluk Office, Thiruvananthapuram s