HC Dismisses HMWS&SB Review in Compassionate Appointment Case
Rejecting the submissions, the court observed that these objections were not raised during the original proceedings and could not be introduced at the review stage.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has dismissed a review petition filed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), holding that review jurisdiction cannot be used to reargue a case or introduce new grounds not raised earlier.
Justice Surepalli Nanda, while deciding the review petition along with a connected contempt case, held that the Board had failed to comply with the spirit of the court’s earlier directions in a compassionate appointment claim filed by P. Kavitha, daughter of a deceased employee.
Appearing for the Board, Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy contended that the writ petition ought to have been dismissed on grounds of delay, as the petitioner challenged the rejection order dated September 4, 2018 only in 2023.
The Board also argued that the petitioner had suppressed the fact that her brother was employed as a police constable and was an earning member in the same household, and therefore she could not claim financial dependency.
Rejecting the submissions, the court observed that these objections were not raised during the original proceedings and could not be introduced at the review stage.
