Madras High Court sets aside order to appoint workers for Dindigul Corporation

MADURAI: The Madras High Court today set aside the order of a single judge directing the Dindigul Municipal Corporation to appoint 25 persons as sanitary workers on compassionate grounds, and not to outsource sanitation work.

Allowing an appeal from the Municipality challenging the single judge order, A Division Bench of the Court's Madurai Bench, comprising Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice N Kirubakaran, felt that the petitioner, M Lakshmi should have pleaded for herself only.

However, she committed a mistake by seeking appointment for 24 others also on compassionate grounds.

The single judge had directed the corporation not to outsource the job though the petitioner did not make such a prayer.

"We are of the view that the order directing the appointment on compassionate grounds to persons other than the petitioner and the direction to not outsource, could not have been granted," the bench said.

It further said as the corporation had already decided to appoint the petitioner as sanitary worker on compassionate grounds, the commissioner could issue necessary orders.

The court also gave liberty to other applicants to file individual writ petitions seeking employment on similar grounds.