IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHT DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 14460 of 2008 Between: 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation & Command area developement Department Irrigation Circle, Red Hills, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Engineer, Irrigation & Command Area Development Department, IB Division, Mahabubnagar, Mahabubnagr district ..... PETITIONER(S) AND Abdul Hameed S/o Late Abdul Khader, R/o Gudvandla Post &VIllage, (Via) Dhanwada, Makthal mandal, Mahabubnagar District. .....RESPONDENT 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 particularly one inthe nature of Writ of Certiorari" calling for the records relating to the orders of the Hon'ble A.P. Admn. Tribunal, Hyderabad passed in O.A. No. 2702/2008 dated 30-04-2008 as being erroneous, illegal and unreasonable and quash the same and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:GP FOR SERVICES II Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU Writ Petition No.14460 of 2008 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This writ petition is filed seeking to quash the order dated 30-4-2008 passed in O.A.No.2702 of 2008 on the file of Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2. The respondent herein is the applicant in the above O.A. The father of the applicant died on 02-2-1997 while in service and the applicant sought for compassionate appointment. The applicant was aged 29 years as on the date of application. The application seeking compassionate appointment was rejected on the ground that he had crossed the maximum age of 28 years prescribed for entry into Government service. The applicant moved the Tribunal by filing the above O.A., and the same was allowed setting aside the order of rejection and directing the official respondents to consider his case in regard to compassionate appointment. Aggrieved thereby, the official respondents preferred this writ petition. 3. Heard learned Government Pleader and learned counsel appearing for the respondent. 4. It is seen from the record that the Government had framed ad hoc Rules and issued G.O.Ms.No.570 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, dated 28-10-1993 raising the maximum age to 34 years for entry into Government service and the same is applicable even to the compassionate appointments. When the maximum age limit is raised to 34 years, the case of the applicant has to be considered for compassionate appointment as admittedly he was aged about 29 years even as on the date of application. In these circumstances, the Tribunal rightly set aside the order of rejection of application seeking compassionate appointment and directed the official respondents to consider his case. We do not see any infirmity, legal or otherwise, in the impugned order and the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. The petitioners shall implement the order of the Tribunal within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ___________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. ___________________ C.V.RAMULU, J. 08-07-2008 bsc