IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C) No. 33398 of 2007(A)
1. SILBI LALU, S/O LATE LALU PAULOSE,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
... Respondent
2. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER,
3. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY
For Petitioner :SRI.ALEXANDER JOSEPH
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN
Dated :13/11/2007
O R D E R
THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J.
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W.P(C).No.33398 OF 2007
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Dated this the 13th day of November, 2007
JUDGMENT
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned
Government Pleader and standing counsel for Kerala State Road
Transport Corporation.
2. Petitioner’s husband died on 29.8.2005. By Ext.P1, the
Tahsildar has certified that the deceased husband of the
petitioner left behind his parents also, apart from the petitioner,
the father being aged 66 years and the mother, 62 years. The
petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate grounds.
By Ext.P2, the petitioner has been informed that she has to
produce a consent letter of the parents of the deceased for
consideration of her application. This, obviously, runs against
Ext.P3, where the priority goes to the widow and the parents are
not in the field of reckoning for consideration for compassionate
appointment. That apart, the age of the parents of the deceased
are much beyond the retirement age from the service of the
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KSRTC. In any view of the matter, the insistence in Ext.P2 that
the petitioner has to produce the consent letter of the parents of
her late husband is unsustainable.
3. For the aforesaid reasons, Ext.P2 is quashed and it is
directed that the application of the petitioner for compassionate
appointment shall be considered and decided upon within a
period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this
judgment, without insisting on the production of consent letter
as called for as per Ext.P2 and subject to other formalities in
accordance with the scheme.
The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction.
Sd/-
THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN,
Judge
kkb.