1. The dispute in this writ petition relates to the regularization of the services of the petitioners appointed on ad hoc, casual and daily rated basis. The petitioners were appointed as Junior Assistant, Junior Receptionist, etc on fixed term basis in the year 1992, but continued for years. They are claiming their regularization of service by making them permanent, filed SWP No. 351/ 1999 in this Court which was disposed of by order dated 1-9-1999 in the following manner:--

"It be seen that writ of mandamus to the effect that services of the petitioners shall stand regularized cannot be granted. Only direction which can be given that respondent-State would consider the claims of the petitioners for regularization. See Hindustan Shipyard Ltd Vs Sambasiva Rao (Dr) (1996) 7 SCC 499.

In view of the above, following directions are given:--

(i) Let the appropriate steps be taken as early as possible preferably within a period of three months. The period of three months would begin from the date copy of order passed by this Court alongwith copy of the writ petition and its annexures are made available by the petitioners to the concerned authorities. If for any practical reasons, it is not p

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