IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13466 of 2008 Between: K.Prasanna Kumar, S/o. Late K.Maddaiah, R/o. H.No.6-44, Kocheruvu Village, Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chairman and Managing Director, A.P.Central Power Distribution Ltd., Red Hills, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintending Engineer (Operation) Kurnool. 3 The Divisional Electrical Engineer (Operation) Kurnool. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to forth consider my claim for appointment a Attender or any suitable job under the provisions to the dependents of deceased employees under Compassionate grounds as duly recommended the petitioner case by the 3rd respondent through his office Proc. No.DEE/KNL/Adm./E.2/1880/05 dt. 2.4.2005 to the 2nd respondent by declaring the inaction of the respondents as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of article 14,16,21 of the constitution of India and contrary to the instruction issued by the respondents from time to time. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.D.LINGA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following ORDER: The father of the petitioner was employed as Junior Lineman, on contractual basis, by the second respondent. He died on 12.12.2004, before his services came to be regularized. The mother of the petitioner made an application to the respondents with a prayer to provide appointment on compassionate grounds, to the petitioner. The application was processed by various authorities, but no final decision has been taken. The petitioner seeks appropriate directions in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The appointment on compassionate grounds to the employees, who died while in service, is regulated by the instructions issued by the organizations concerned, from time to time. It is not known as to whether any scheme for providing employment on compassionate grounds to the deceased employees is existing with the respondents and, if so, the purport thereof. The application of the petitioner cannot be kept pending indefinitely. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the respondents to consider and dispose of the application of the petitioner, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:26.06.2008. kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}