HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN

ORDER

Heard Mr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for General Administration Department (GAD) appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. This writ petition is filed to declare the action of respondent No.2 in rejecting the case of the petitioner for providing employment under the Scheme of compassionate appointment for the death of his father in extremists violence is illegal and for a consequential direction to provide the employment to the petitioner.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that his father, Tejavath Badyanayak, the President of Mandal Praja Parisad, Gandhari Mandal, was killed by the extremists at Annapurna Theatre of Gandhari Village and Mandal on 06.12.1995 on the ground that he was a police informer. The Police, Gandhari Police Station also registered a case in Crime No.79 of 1995, dated 06.12.1995. The police also declared that the death of his father was due to barbarous act of Naxalites. At the time of incident, his father was young, aged about 30 years and only bread-winner of his family. He belongs to the Scheduled Tribes (ST).

4. As per G.O.Ms.No.469, dated 08.11.1996 implemen