IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 23608 of 2008 Between: K.Murali Krishna S/o Rami Mohan H.No.18-2-137/A Janagmmet Falaknuma, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director National Institute of Fashion Technology Campus, Ministry of Textile Government of India Opp.Hi-Tech City Madapur,Cyberabad Hyderabad 2 The Director Head Office National Institute of Fashion Techonology HauzKhas Near Gulmahar Park New Delhi-110016 .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an order or direction or writ More particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ(i) declare the proceedings No.NIFT/Hyd/Esst/P-9/2005 dt 2-3-2007 as illegal and arbitrary(ii) declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner on compassionate grounds in a suitable post as illegal,arbitrary and unjus(iii) and consequently issue an order or direction directing the Respondents to appoint the petitioner herein in any suitable post on compassionate grounds as per his Educational qualification and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.23608 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the proceedi ngs No.NIFT/Hyd/Esst/P-9/2005 dated 2-3-2007 as arbitrary and illegal and to declare the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner on compassionate grounds in a suitable post as arbitrary and illegal. It appears, the mother of petitioner Smt.K.Ramana died in harness on 7.7.2005 while serving the respondent organization due to breast cancer. Petitioner made a representation to the respondent authorities on 7.12.2005 seeking to provide suitable employment on compassionate grounds basing on his educational qualifications. Since the petitioner was minor at that time, he was informed to wait till he attains the age of majority. After attaining majority in the year 2006, he made another representation on 29.12.2006, for which the respondents sent a reply dated 2.3.2007 stating that as per NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) Rules, there is no provision for compassionate appointment. However, petitioner’s application was forwarded to the Head Oﬃce, and since there was no reply, he made another representation on 28.7.2007 to the second respondent seeking compassionate appointment and till date there is no response to his representation. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on merits, the second respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the recommendations purported to have been made by the ﬁrst respondent for providing employment to the petitioner in any suitable post on compassionate grounds in view of death of his mother Smt.K.Ramana (Junior Assistant) and pass appropriate orders within a period of (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 4.11.2008 DA THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.23608 of 2008 4.11.2008