IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.7766 of 2004 Between: 1 K.Varalakshmi W/o Late Biksham Gandhinagar Village Singareni Mandal, Khamman Dist 2 E.Ravi Babu S/o Late Biksham Gandhinagar Village Singareni Mandal, Khamman Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Singareni Collieries Co. ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad rep by its Chairman & Managing Director 2 Director (PA &W) The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Kothagudem, Khamman District. 3 The General Manager (Personnel), The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd Kothagudem, Khamman District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an order direction or writ particularly one in the nature of the Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the proceedings No.CPR/Wel/DE/Per/961 dt. 01/03/2004 of the 2nd respondent rejecting the claim of the petitioner for employment to the 2nd petitioner on compassionate grounds is illegal and arbitrary; and consequently direct the respondents to provide employment to 2nd petitioner with all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR. K. SRINIVASA MURTHY The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.7766 OF 2004 ORDER: In this writ petition, 1st petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondents to provide employment to the 2nd petitioner, who is her son- in-law, on compassionate grounds, in view of death of her husband in harness. There is no necessity of going into all the details. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is categorically stated that the death of the husband of the 1st petitioner took place in the year 1991 and, thereafter, the 1st petitioner made a representation to provide employment to her son-in-law, the 2nd petitioner, on compassionate grounds, on the ground that the 2nd petitioner is the only male member in their family. But, as per the Marriage Certificate issued by the Special Officer, Grampanchayat, Komatlagudem as well as the wedding card, it is evident that the marriage of the 2nd petitioner with the daughter of the 1st petitioner took place in the year 1994 and, therefore, the claim of the 1st petitioner was rejected. In view of the aforesaid averments made in the counter-affidavit, no relief as sought for in the writ petition can be granted. The writ petition is speculative in its nature and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 13th March, 2008. IBL To 1 The Chairman & Managing Director, Singareni Collieries Co. ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad. 2 The Director (PA &W), The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Kothagudem, Khamman District. 3 The General Manager (Personnel), The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Kothagudem, Khamman District. 4 Two CD copies