IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 37 of 2005 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 23/07/2004 in WP NO : 9552 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: N.S. Balakrishnan, S/o. Late N.K. Sridharan R/o.B-16/19, DAE Colony, ECIL Post, Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANT AND 1. Electronic Corporation of India Ltd., Represented by its Chairman & Managing Director, ECIL Post, Hyderabad. 2 Electronic Corporation of India Ltd., Represented by its Director (Personnel), ECIL Post, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant : MR.B.SHIVA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR.DANTU.SRINIVAS, STANDING COUNSEL FOR ECIL The Court made the following ORDER: (per TMK,J) This writ appeal is filed by the appellant/writ petitioner aggrieved by the order in W.P.No.9552 of 2004 dated 23.07.2004 passed by a learned single Judge of this Court. The above writ petition was dismissed by the learned single Judge of this Court observing that the appointment of the appellant/writ petitioner on compassionate ground does not arise in view of the statement of the learned counsel for the respondents that no compassionate appointments have been made in respect of the persons who have applied subsequent to the appellant/writ petitioner. Even in the writ appeal also, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents has submitted that no person junior to the appellant/writ petitioner has been appointed on compassionate ground. But the case of the appellant/writ petitioner is that the seniority list has been prepared by the respondents and some persons were appointed on compassionate grounds. Under the above circumstances, it would suffice to direct the respondents to consider the case of the appellant/writ petitioner for appointment on compassionate grounds in his own turn. With the above direction, the order of the learned single Judge is modified. The writ appeal is allowed to the extent indicated above. No costs. (T.MEENA KUMARI, J) (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) 31.01.2005 bsv/lvl TO 1. The Chairman & Managing Director, Electronic Corporation of India Limited ECIL Post, Hyderabad. 2 The Director (Personnel), Electronic Corporation of India Limited ECIL Post, Hyderabad. 3 Two CD copies