HC Rejects Plea for Compassionate Job
Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Aparash Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin, set aside an order directing compassionate appointment nearly 14 years after the death of an employee and held that such a belated plea defeats the very purpose of the scheme.
The panel was hearing a writ plea filed by senior scientist and chairman JVRHRS, Malyala and Sri Konda Laxman Telangana Horticultural University challenging the decision of the single judge. Written defense was submitted by K. Bhagyalaxmi. The university argued that the petitioner’s only approved application reached the authorities in March 2013, well beyond the one-year limit stipulated by the government order.
The document, said to be dated September 20, 2011, was filed belatedly and displayed fabricated markings, including an interpolated shipping-record entry and an acknowledgment signed in 2014. It was argued that compassionate appointment was a narrowly carved exception intended to provide immediate relief and that granting appointment after such inordinate delay would defeat the purpose of the scheme.
The writ petitioner submitted that he submitted his application on time and relied on a later university communication to support his claim. The single judge accepted this plea and directed the appointment. The Board found significant fabricated indications in the alleged 2011 application and noted that a single contemporaneous record supported receipt of the application in March 2013. The panel ruled that the order to make compassionate appointment in 2025 in relation to a death that occurred in 2011 was contrary to settled law established by the Supreme Court. The panel emphasized that compassionate designation is not an acquired right but an emergency aid whose purpose is urgency. Accordingly, the bench allowed the writ appeal and denied the petitioner’s request for compassionate appointment.
Student released on bail in fraud case
The Telangana High Court granted bail to a student from Visakhapatnam accused of a large-scale investment scam linked to ‘SSLS’ ventures. The judge was hearing Kancharla Upendra’s charge sheet seeking her release from custody in a case registered by the Cyberabad economic offenses wing (EOW) police alleging cheating, misappropriation of funds and violations under the Telangana Financial Institution Depositors Protection Act.
According to the prosecution, the actual complainant invested Rs 19.40 billion in purported real estate projects run by the accused and others based on assurances of returns under various MoUs, but the amounts were not repaid and the funds were allegedly diverted. Petitioner’s counsel argued that petitioner did not invest in any SSLS real estate venture but in SSLS Creations, a film production operation whose film has not been released. It was stated that the applicant signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August giving a period of 3 months, but the criminal complaint was filed prematurely in September.
It was claimed that the petitioner had been in prison since October, that the material part of the investigation had been completed, and that his continued detention was unwarranted. Taking into account the stage of the investigation, the duration of detention and the Memorandum of Understanding timeline reflected in the minutes, the judge granted conditional bail to the applicant.
