ORDER

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. Leave granted.

3. The appellants have come up in the appeals aggrieved by the judgments and orders passed by the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). They have prayed for the regularization of their services.

4. The appellants were appointed as casual employees in the Income Tax Department in the year 1993-94 since then they were working continuously. On 30th January 2004 with respect to other similarly situated employees, temporary status was granted. The respondent no. 4 on 30th December 2004 recommended the case of the appellants for temporary status/ regularization. Again it was recommended for regularization on 14.06.2005. In the meantime, the decision in the State of Karnataka vs. Uma Devi , (2006) 4 SCC 1 was pronounced by this Court, the same provided that the employees who had rendered services continuously for ten years without the cover of the court's order be regularized as the one-time measure.

5. On 11.12.2006, Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on the basis of the dictum of Uma Devi has issued an Office Memorandum regarding regularization of qualified workers.

6. On