IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR.C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN FRIDAY, THE 21ST OCTOBER 2011 / 29TH ASWINA 1933 WA.No. 31 of 2011() ------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.16749/2006 Dated 27/09/2010 .................... APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS ------------------------- 1. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, CENTRAL OFFICE, CHANDERMUKHI, NARIMAN POINT, MUMBAI - 400 021. 2. THE REGIONAL MANAGER, CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, REGIONAL OFFICE, IST FLOOR, METRO PALACE, KOCHI - 18, PIN: 682 018. 3. THE BRANCH MANAGER, CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, KOTTAYAM BRANCH, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN SRI.K.M.ANEESH SRI.K.SANTHOSH KUMAR (KALIYANAM) RESPONDENT/PETITIONER ------------------------- SHREYAS DEVARAJ, RAJ BHAVAN HOUSE, KADUTHURUTHY P.O., KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.PIRAPPANCODE V.S.SUDHIR ADV. SRI.SAJU JOHN THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 21/10/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, Ag. C.J. & P.S.GOPINATHAN, J. .................................................................... Writ Appeal No.31 of 2011 .................................................................... Dated this the 21st day of October, 2011. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, Ag. C.J. Appeal is filed by a Public Sector Bank challenging the judgment of the learned Single Judge directing them to give compassionate appointment to the respondent who is the son of a lady who died in the service of the appellant-Bank. Appellant's case is that the respondent does not deserve compassionate appointment because towards terminal benefits on death of respondent's mother the Bank gave Rs.7 lakhs. Further, it is the contention of the appellant that respondent has 50 cents of land. However, counsel for the respondent referred to the documents and submitted that out of Rs.7 lakhs more than Rs.4 lakhs was adjusted by the Bank towards loan due from the deceased and the respondent was only entitled to Rs.2.97 lakhs. Further, there is no finding that 50 cents of land yields any income to the respondent. 2. After hearing both sides and after going through the judgment what we notice is that the respondent is a member of the Scheduled 2 Caste community and the employment claimed and granted by the learned Single Judge is only a Peon's job in the appellant which is a Public Sector Bank. We do not think around Rs.3 lakhs terminal benefits and the availability of 50 cents of land without any yield disentitles the respondent to seek employment on compassionate ground, particularly when he belongs to Scheduled Caste community. We, therefore, do not find any ground to interfere with the discretion exercised by the learned Single Judge. Consequently Writ Appeal is dismissed. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Acting Chief Justice P.S.GOPINATHAN Judge pms