THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 13769 of 2007 Dated: 10-8-2007 Between: P.Subba Rao and others …Petitioners and Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Law Secretary, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Order: (Per Goda Raghuram, J) The petitioners are aggrieved that the respondents have not extended to the children of respondents 1 to 5 and to the 6th petitioner the benefit of compassionate appointment, in terms of G.O.Ms.No. 214, General Administration (Ser.A) Department, dated 9-6-1998. The petitioners 1 to 5 retired along with the father of the 6th petitioner on medical invalidation grounds. A Full Bench of this Court by the Judgment dated 12-10- 2001 in W.P.No.13489 of 2000 and batch has reiterated the legal position that appointment on compassionate grounds for the wards of the employees who were retired or terminated from service on medical invalidation runs contrary to the provisions of Article 16 of the Constitution and that any such policy initiated by the State is unconstitutional. In the light of the decision of the Full Bench referred to, the claim of the petitioners is patently misconceived. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J _____________________ S.ANANDA REDDY, J 10th August, 2007 GRR