{"id":226635,"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-mahadevaswamy-so-late-sri-vs-the-karnataka-power-transmission-on-1-december-2008"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T05:37:14","slug":"sri-mahadevaswamy-so-late-sri-vs-the-karnataka-power-transmission-on-1-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-mahadevaswamy-so-late-sri-vs-the-karnataka-power-transmission-on-1-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sri Mahadevaswamy S\/O Late Sri … vs The Karnataka Power Transmission … on 1 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri Mahadevaswamy S\/O Late Sri … vs The Karnataka Power Transmission … on 1 December, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda<\/div>\n
 . \u00abQ Am \n\n ~ 2 ' Jrn\u00e9 MANAGER\n\n \n\n:24 THE HIGH counr or KARNATAKA AT      _\nDATED THIS THE 1\" DAY or pgcsmss.-'.a, .%'2ac\u00e9.ij[  T _%     \nTHE HOWBLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.-.yEN'Li{SJGPALAr.   kt\nWRIT PETITION No.9\u00a7:\ufb012\/zoos (3.355)  A,\nBETWEEN: %  _       \n\nSR1 MAHADEVASWAMY   V j  V\ns\/0 LATE SR1 MAP,'\u00a3'@ MARIAPPA  \nAGEDABO{}T2?\"YEA1?.S     \"\nRESID1NGAT!'30422;3V__--.\/. ~ \u00ab    %\nKESAREIGPLADE-\"'~,'      \nRAJENDRA NAGAR   \nMYSORE.' %%%%   %:%  A\n PETITIONER\n\n(av SRI. ?4._ SLlBR\ufb01s\ufb01k\u00a7N?A\"E\u00a7i'AT, ADV. FOR\nHIS. susm mo RSSQCIATES)\n\nA 1; $ k \"r.+3eKARr\u00a2ATAxA POWER\n\" A _ 'TR'M\u00a7SM'ISSION CORPORATION LIM1Ti':}.)\n'-  %REm_asEk:q'rEo BY THE cmmm AND\n% A 'nameim DIRECTOR\n CAUVERY BHAVAN\nBANGALORE.\n\n' -- _ ALIHAMUNDESHWARI ELECTRICITY SUPPLY\nCOMPANY LIMITED\nMYSORE.\n\n3 THE SU?ER'INTENDING ERGXNEER (ELCL)\nTHE KARNT AKA POWER TRANSMISSION\nCORPORATION LIMITED NOW UNDER\nTHE CHAMUNDESHWARI Ei.ECTRiCITY\n\n\n\nillegal. He contended that, providing an appointmenton\n\ncompassionate grounds to a dependent of  \n\nemployee, is to give some sort of security to  K \n\nthe deceased, to overcome the herd'si'i:p \n\nfamily and the respondents by the <\/pre>\n
defeated the very purpose and”‘tih:e’scheme_V_of\u00e9ppc-ln\ufb01ent
\non compassionate grciintls.  contended”” that, the
\npetitioner and his mother are resiid’ing.,.:sesI;Va’reetey, they are<\/p>\n
not getting any iisna’_ncia\u00a7!A_A  from the elder<\/p>\n
brother;-V of their separate residence can
\nalso be seen”fromi._ti1ej\u00abration’card produced at Annexure-H<\/p>\n
and hence there,_f\/vats  par for the respondents to have<\/p>\n
I-‘f’,_v.”considered t”ne_ casewof the petitioner. Learned counsel<\/p>\n
 impugned action of the respondents is<\/p>\n
  _ violAa’tive,__of Artlicies 14, 16, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of<\/p>\n
.’\u00b0”‘–..VV’,I’n,clia andlalso the Regulations. Relying on a decision of<\/p>\n
i  ,’thVl’s*\u00bbCourt in case of K. RAJA vs. KARNATAKA ELECTRICITY<\/a><\/p>\n
 f  eokao, reported in ILR 1990 KAR 1368 it was vehemently<\/p>\n
 ‘ “contended that, the impugned endorsement is liable to be<\/p>\n
\\<\/p>\n
t\/\/’ .\n<\/p>\n
19<\/span><\/p>\n
claimed nor offered as a matter of right
\nwhatever be the circumstances in _tJh.e\u00bb_fami_i’y;” “\u20ace_gti’iatioVnev’: “‘
\nclearly state that, appointment onv’*conr’_i_pejesl’onete’ g:rou–nti\u00a3+.j
\nshall not be claimed as a malftVe–r..of  anci’.:vei9s.i;_;jll\u00ab….not9 be
\ngiven as a matte of course and..the._a’p\u00bbpointrne:nt tinder the
\nRegulations is restricted*.tho_ ci.epe’nTdent of the deceased
\nin the order of preferencel\u00bblndicetedlihn ifeg\ufb01latlon 3(2)(a)
\nto (c). 4’j_4_:7-etip__\ufb01latesu:”the conditions of
\nappointrnentg.fwhlichl  appointment on
\ncompaeeionatev”i;ro;irid$~chva_ii* be subject to the following
\nconditlone’; lnalrnew;   \u00bb–  J
\n_{(1;\u00bb The \ufb02femli\ufb01r of the deceased Board
\n  Verraployee’ should be in an immediate
\n_  .financial crisis, destitution on account of
\n tloetleath of the employee.\n<\/p>\n
it ‘  Expl.a’n’ation :-\n<\/p>\n
”  (a) Family of a deceased board employee
\n shall be considered to be in \ufb01nancial crisis
\ndestltution if the recurring monthly income
\nof the family from all sources of all
\npersons whether Ilvlng separately or
\njointly including earnings of other family
\nmembers shall be less than the income
\nprescribed by the board from time to time<\/p>\n
for calculating such monthly income the
\nincome from family penslon, interest<\/p>\n
12<\/span><\/p>\n
stipulated that, the family of the deceased <\/p>\n
should be in immediate \ufb01nancial crisis or   it<\/p>\n
account of the death of the einple’yee_ye’nid”*\u00ab.iyn-:<\/p>\n
whether the family of the destceaseci-. \ufb02nemlfal<\/p>\n
income from alt sources of eit if-living<\/p>\n
separately or jointly,  of  family<\/p>\n
members, shall he less :then   by the
\nmare and in famliy of the
\ndeceased   in a State or
\nCentrai:’1Govethttieht:y: of a public or private sector<\/p>\n
undertakineorVVa”prlxtetel’establishment, on the basis of<\/p>\n
 certi\ufb01:icete~ lssued.V..V:hy the employer and in case such<\/p>\n
  self-empioyed on the basis of the certificate<\/p>\n
iseijedeby:’AVthe’V~.reyenue officer not below the rank of the<\/p>\n
V \u00abVTehs’iider;Jsi’i’euld be taken into consideration. Thus the<\/p>\n
“V.”i\ufb02en:psh’es.iVs”of the Regulations is the immediate \ufb01nancial<\/p>\n
c’\u00a7vis!’s”faced by the family of the deceased empieyee and<\/p>\n
T  whether the family has the prescribw min-iqum income.<\/p>\n
\/<\/p>\n
Ki<\/p>\n
15<\/span><\/p>\n
mother was amployed and was getting salary of Rs.\u00a7;Cl\u00a7Q{-<\/p>\n
p.m., lt was held that, appetiant wm not  _<\/p>\n
appointment: on compassionate grounds, <\/p>\n
passtpg the procedure for   <\/p>\n
commtitlon. Thus, It Is c%aar_that,._ti1e lncottts4_vof”j’;ttio <\/p>\n
family as stipulated In Regu-latlou  “mam
\ncriteria, should be  lsltoilslde\ufb02na
\nthe claim for appolnmjopt grounds.
\nSaid course {of pltass by the<\/p>\n
respondents’-1tit1l_la\u00abV’: tlalm of the ml\ufb02oner
\nand In lssuihp <\/p>\n
._’jfi2e:,pl_lA.:In.._ metllcasasor STATE BANK or INDIA AND<\/p>\n
V.”-V.1_\\’l’tl’_V)’.l’l’~\u00a3AE’a’r’-‘L.:_:\\’I’S..”.’lV sonvm smou, reported In (2907) 4 scc<\/p>\n
773,.’_lt  theta as follows:\n<\/p>\n
  up   It is well settled that the namanip of the<\/p>\n
 . – dependantdoes not enti\ufb02e one to compassionate<\/p>\n
_ appointment dehots the scheme or the statutory
\n \ufb01mvisbns as the case may be. The income of
\nthe family from all swarm is requinsd m be
\ntaken into oons\u00e9deration aoconding to are schetm
\nwhich the High Court altogether ignored while
\nremitting the matter for \ufb02esh comideratlm by
\nthe appellant Bank. It is not a case wtme the<\/p>\n
X,<\/p>\n
  ihe\ufb01eceased person Ieft behind. Unless the<\/p>\n
  % & ‘ ;k:%3m_1%%pEvi (sum, reported in (1997) s scc 301, the ram
\n  _  ‘fhat, a writ petition had been mass by the widew
\n  cdhtending that, her husband had died in hamm and that<\/p>\n
n : she had applied for appointment to her son on<\/p>\n
16<\/span><\/p>\n
dependents of the deceased empioyee are   , ”
\n“without any means of livelihood’ and msablq    ~
\nmake both ends meet. The High Court qagiltnot  K
\nto have disturbed the \ufb01ndinggand\u00e9 the   ‘
\narrived at by the appellant _B6:–‘,Ik’\u00ab_ that  \u00ab
\nrespondent was not living   ‘
\nobserved by this Court, in G.M,(B&PB)   ”
\nTiwary ((2004) 7 sec 27; .– 2304 scc\n<\/p>\n
943) the High Court canncitwlutre the  of
\npenury to one of ‘fact very. Iyirati’-\u00a39-do’? <\/p>\n
taken by the Divikfgn    High Court<\/p>\n
may amount be “varying  scheme
\nframed by the amellant Bank. course is<\/p>\n
13. Ir3″i’i;g  :9f:_;’5TATE:\u00ab’,_’8;\u00a7!\u00a7l;( or man mo<\/p>\n
oTHERsifs’;T%   in (2007) 2 sec
\n(L815) 5?8, ‘|t has  fo\ufb02ows:\n<\/p>\n
V. _   major criasrion while
\n,,4_%appointingA-aperson on compassionate grounds\n<\/p>\n
– shewld. be th\u00e9financial aanditim of the fam\ufb02y<\/p>\n
‘  V _ “;’ir\u00a7*2::ci.\u00a7i\u00bb.._ct’Qnd:?l*ion is entirely penurious, such
\n”  armot be made.\n<\/p>\n
1%4%.j;%nthe case of STATE or H.P. AND ANOTHER vs.<\/p>\n
\\<\/p>\n
.\/2<\/p>\n
of the Government, the applimtion for appo_I;f\ufb01a1$fe;.f\ufb01tj: _<\/p>\n
comoassionate grounds was rightly  l._the!”<\/p>\n
employer and that the High Could:\n<\/p>\n
aside the order passed bytho et\ufb01ptoyer asidu’: <\/p>\n
\nconsideration of the   on
\ncompassionate    _  <\/p>\n
15. In the caso…  A\u00a7:;otcodo \u00a3\u00a7Nomsa vs.
\nAwAoHesH t$1%r~;oHdtAu%of:Aajo?8sR,, repoma in (2001) 10
\nSCC 6211;’  tho was that, circular
\nprovidir\ufb01fost  ,\u00e9tpoointrnent acpslct\ufb02y ma-kw<\/p>\n
It dearj that,’ ~Vtt_1e.q’ueAs\u00a3*,i’oi*;\u00bbtVof compamlonate appoinmmwt<\/p>\n
 V, M arise Ittono—of the dwandents of the deceased is<\/p>\n
.V’*’.\u00a7iroody  It was contended to the contrary by<\/p>\n
the  of the deceased mnpioyee. Constde\ufb01ne<\/p>\n
 ou\u00a31;Fh\u00a7s$ions of both was and the (women which<\/p>\n
A ‘~1t.}a’t_:’AAo\u00a7te”~\u00ab_for considera\ufb02on v!z., whaher the memorandum of<\/p>\n
A”4’V””.__”V”.”ad\u00abreanent, is It pannlssmie for the dwendant of me<\/p>\n
 yydgdeceased to claim an appointment on compos\ufb02onate<\/p>\n
\/W’,<\/p>\n
    :.’\u00a7\u00a3’aVs’..d:.”.’;e\u00a2 on 19.11.1999; that his 3 elder brathers are in
\n  .A:.’,en~\u00e9ployment; his mother has recelvw service bene\ufb01ts and<\/p>\n
 ‘ this In receipt of the famlly pension. More than 9 years has<\/p>\n
19<\/span><\/p>\n
grounds, even when some other  _
\ndeceased is already In service, it has been   ” w. <\/p>\n
The memorandum or agreement”—  1-,.
\nappointment on oampassiotiabe’-_ gmu\ufb01d  ”
\nbeen evolved by the employertsa tha!’;”(3:?A the
\nsudden death of an  hie
\nwoum not be on the road as  and can<\/p>\n
maintain themse!\u00a7e=s_ if  Ehgiyen
\nto any one of  ‘dfjshe., deceased.\n<\/p>\n
mnmw\ufb01ygitd  n I3 View of
\nthe. matter M_re_ ere\u00bb.,unab\u00a3e to swmin the<\/p>\n
 of” the \u00bb– Patna High Court In the
\nimpugtled’ju@ment3. It may m stated that a<\/p>\n
V? ._;.Bem:l1 of this Court has already taken a similar
\n iview in me  of $.Mohan v. Govt. of T.N.<\/p>\n
.  \u00a2’1_99_8,l 9.566 485 : 1998 SCC (Les) 1231) with<\/p>\n
 V _ ” have our rIe$ectful aonamence.<\/p>\n
( Emphasis supplied by m)<\/p>\n
T 1″6.._.A’:’As already noticed, the father of the paltlener<\/p>\n
elapsed from the date of death and the family has over<\/p>\n
let<\/p>\n
24<\/span><\/p>\n
place not withstanding the former employment_.\u00a7f’Eng-lgo\ufb02ijl <\/p>\n
of the deceased employee of the” v <\/p>\n
similarity between cm. dated 1e.4n\u00a219nsAp\u00a2ohsIoeredox;ht,thhT<\/p>\n
case of l<.Raja (supra) and the-gegulatlilons atv"l\u00e9;pngo.):uf;e;F <\/p>\n
herein. In the Regulations it  dcfar that,
\nthe income of the famihfifrorn  of on persons,
\nwhether llvlna se9aral:ely..or:vJotntl:y,thiocntena, which
\nwas not the ccgltehtnlnh,hlpahch13.44935, which was
\nthe  prayer In the case
\nK.Raja.:*__ not in force on the date the
\npetitlonet's–   of the fact that, the dalm<\/p>\n
 madghereln i\u00e9' bat.-sad on the OM. dated 16.4.1986,<\/p>\n
   laasls of the Regulations (Annexure–F), the<\/p>\n
 no appllcatlon, for considaatlon of claim<\/p>\n
V \u00abV of tho "\u00ab–pei;l'tloner for appointment on compasslonate<\/p>\n
 Hence, based on the decision In the case of<\/p>\n
–‘ K\ufb01aj\u00e9 the clalm of the petitioner was not required to be<\/p>\n
T  consldered by the respondents and hence cannot aiso be<\/p>\n
V U considered by me.\n<\/p>\n
 “irnpu;}n:eci–.”endorsem\u00e9nt is \ufb02awless.<\/p>\n
 V -petition .is’*V:ds”Void of merit and is dismissed accordingly.<\/p>\n
.  * its costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
21. Since the application for
\ncompassionate grounds was required to  “iv
\nthe respondents in terms of Rsguiinitirans,.”:notifiq;\u00a7..s:\\_on:vE
\n17.4.1997 and the case of -the  .\n<\/p>\n
considered accordingly and  found
\nthat, 2 of the petitioners:a\u00e9idor-‘_V:iir\u00a7;tii\u00e9srs\u00bb.V.s’rain Govsmment
\nempioyment andthe total:’_incoVrr.i::e “ofv,.”ifiiis’*V”family being
\nabove the  tiio\ufb02cvij\u00e9titioner has been
\ninformed    for appointment on
\ncompassionst\u00e9 * if   This V  consideration by the
\nrespondsnts: bein;;.VVinA with the Regulations and<\/p>\n
the iawv  Aths”‘..Hon’bIe Supreme Court, the<\/p>\n
 r AV”.ForVV’ti\u00a7s\u00a7fo’n\u00e9ooing discussions and reasons, the writ<\/p>\n
361\/’
\nIudge <\/p>\n
K51\/-i<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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