IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 28TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 9TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 34987 of 2004(M) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- PRADEEP. M.RAVI, AGED 19 YEARS, MUKKADA COLONY, MANTHANAM P.O., KUNNANTHANAM, THIRUVALLA. BY ADV. SRI.V.RAJENDRAN PERUMBAVOOR. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA, NORTH EASTERN CIRCLE, GUWAHATI REGIONAL OFFICE, BHANGAGARH, G.S. ROAD, GUWAHATI. 2. THE CHIEF MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA, CHANGANASSERY BRANCH, CHANGANASSERY. R1 & R2 BY SRI.P.G.PARAMESWARA PANICKER, SENIOR ADVOCATE, ADV. SRI.P.GOPAL. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 28/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.34987/2004-M: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE APPLICATION DTD. 09/03/1996 SUBMITTED BY THE MOTHER OF THE PETITIONER. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE NO. K. DIS. 7948/98/A4 DTD. 30/07/1999 OF THE TAHSILDAR, MALLAPPALLY TALUK. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE APPLICATION DTD. 14/07/00 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE RESPONDENTS. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBIT: EXT.R2.A: COPY OF THE RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE CORPORATE CENTRAL OF THE BANK DTD. 08/01/1997. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE. Prv. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.34987 OF 2004 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of February, 2011. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is aggrieved by the non-consideration of his claim for compassionate appointment under the dying in harness scheme. 2. The petitioner is the son of one Sri.P.K.Ravi who was working as Sweeper-cum-Mali in the Dayamali branch in Arunachal Pradesh. He died on 28.01.1996 and at that time, the petitioner was aged only 11 years. Exhibit P1 is the copy of the application submitted by the mother of the petitioner seeking appointment which was objected to by the grandmother. The petitioner's application is stated to be Exhibit P3 which was submitted thereafter. 3. In the counter affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent, various objections have been raised. It is stated that the father was working in Arunachal Pradesh and the competent authority to consider the claim of the petitioner for appointment under the W.P.(C) No.34987/2004 2 scheme is the Local Head Office of the State Bank of India, North Eastern Circle and not the Local Head Office of the State Bank of India, Kerala Circle. 4. In paragraph 9 of the counter affidavit, it is stated that the application submitted by the petitioner was beyond the stipulated period of one year of the date of death of the father and the petitioner had obtained 18 years of age in February 2003. The competent authority rejected the application which was communicated to the petitioner by letter dated 13.03.2004. In the light of the above, as the above proceedings are not under challenge in this writ petition, obviously, the petitioner cannot get any relief. There cannot be any direction to reconsider the application also. This writ petition is hence dismissed. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp W.P.(C) No.34987/2004 3