JUDGMENT

G.NARENDAR, J. - Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for the respondents.

2. The petitioner is before this Court being aggrieved by the order, dtd. 19/3/2010, passed in O.A.No.4164 of 2007, whereby the Tribunal has been pleased to hold that the order of regularization i.e. under G.O.Ms.No.212, Finance and Planning (FW.PC.III) Department, dtd. 22/4/1994, is prospective in nature and that the contention otherwise claiming that the petitioners are entitled for regularization from the initial date of appointment itself came to be rejected.

3. The Tribunal has placed reliance on the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of A.Manjula Bashini v. A.P. Women's Co-op. Finance Corporation Ltd., (2009) 8 SCC 431 to buttress its finding regarding the prospective nature of G.O.Ms.No.212, dtd. 22/4/1994. The said position is no more res integra in view of the law settled by the Hon'ble Apex Court in A.Manjula Bashini's case.

4. That apart, the learned counsel for the petitioner would place reliance on the ruling rendered by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in W.P.No.5402 of 2017, which came to be disposed o