The present Original Petition under Article 227 of the
Constitution of India challenges the order dated 30 th December
2025 passed in O.A.No.180/00383/2024 by the Central
Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench whereby the claim of
the petitioner seeking compassionate appointment has been
rejected.
Facts
2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is the son
of late K.Karthikeyan. He died on 25.09.2011, while in service after
rendering 28 years, 2 months and 18 days of service. He belonged
to OBC community. Soon after the death of the deceased employee,
the petitioner’s mother Leena applied for compassionate
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appointment for the petitioner to Group-C, in the prescribed
format. Thereafter, the respondents demanded certain documents
which were provided by the petitioner. The petitioner was assured
that he would be given employment assistance under the
compassionate appointment scheme and since that was not done,
being aggrieved, he approached the Central Administrative
Tribunal in the impugned Original Application seeking a direction
to the respondents to grant compassionate appointment to the
petitioner herein. The Original Application was dismissed by the
learned Tribunal on the ground that the petitioner had filed the
first representation on 04.02.2012 and if the respondent authorities
were not considering the same, he ought to have approached the
same at the earliest. There is no justification in moving the
Tribunal after the lapse of 13 years and therefore, the delay cannot
be ignored. The claim of the petitioner has been considered in an
objective manner and since he was not found suitable, his case was
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not considered. Being aggrieved, the petitioner herein had filed
the present Original Petition before this Court.
Petitioner’s Contentions
