APHC010726872013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No:27756 OF 2013 Between: S.Sadath Begum …Petitioner AND The Divisional Manager, A.P. Tourism Development Corporation Limited, Room Nos.5 & 6, Sridevi Complex, Tilak Road, Tirupati and another. …Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Srinivasa Rao Bodduluri Counsel for the Respondents: Sri Sateesh Kumar Eerla The Court made the following order: 1. The petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondents to accommodate her second son on compassionate terms. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the husband of the petitioner was working as helper on regular bass in the office of the 1st respondent and while he was on duty, on 29.04.2002, died in an accident. The petitioner and her children were solely -2- W.P. No.27756 of 2013 depending on the salary of the deceased husband. The petitioner sought employment for her elder son and submitted a representation on 14.05.2002. The same was rejected. The respondents-Corporation thereafter engaged the service of the petitioner as helper on 04.04.2003 on a monthly consolidated payment. The petitioners sought appointment of her elder son, however, the elder son was also passed on 25.01.2009. The petitioner thereafter made a representation seeking to accommodate her second son, as her health was not cooperating for continuing in service. Though the authorities of the respondents-corporation are aware of the situation of the petitioner, they have not considered as such, she filed the present writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner also places reliance on G.O.Ms. No.01, Public Enterprises (PE.III) Department, dt.22.02.2008, and submits that the scheme of compassionate appointments is a State level scheme covering all public enterprises and cooperatives without discrimination. 3. The learned standing counsel respondents-Corporation submits that the petitioner is still continuing in service and that the petitioner has accepted one time compensation of Rs.50,000/- in lieu of compassionate appointment in pursuance of the -3- W.P. No.27756 of 2013 G.O.Ms.No.36, Public Enterprises [III] Department, dt.05.09.2001. It is also submitted that the respondents, after having paid the ex- gratia of Rs.50,000/-, are under no obligation to consider compassionate appointment to the petitioner or any of her family member, however the accommodation of the petitioner on contract basis was only out of humanitarian grounds. 4. Considering the submissions that the petitioner was paid ex-gratia amount Rs.50,000/- and the petitioner having accepted the ex- gratia amount, she cannot seek for compassionate appointment. 5. With these observations, the writ petition is dismissed without costs. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH. N BV