Sanjay Kumar, J.

1. The core issue in this batch of cases is as to the scope of regularization of services under G.O.Ms.No.212, Finance & Planning (FW.PC.III) Department, dated 22.04.1994 (hereinafter, ‘G.O.Ms.No.212’). All the employees in these cases were regularized in service under the said G.O. but they seek benefit of such regularization from earlier dates.

2. W.P.No.33936 of 2011 was filed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and its officials in the Panchayat Raj Department assailing the order dated 20.07.2011 passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (hereinafter, ‘the Tribunal’), in O.A.No.433 of 2008. The said O.A. was filed by the first respondent in the writ petition. He was appointed as a Bill Collector in the service of the Karamchedu Gram Panchayat, Prakasam District, on 01.07.1988 on temporary basis. He filed O.A.No.8588 of 2000 before the Tribunal seeking regularization of his services as a Bill Collector from the date of his initial appointment. The said O.A. was allowed on 27.04.2001 holding that he was entitled to be regularized in service with all consequential benefits. The authorities were directed to regularize his services in term