Elipe Dharma Rao, J.

1. Aggrieved by the order of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal dated 312. 2003 wherein and by which the application filed by the petitioner / applicant in T.A. No. 31 of 1994 seeking for regularisation of his services from the date of initial appointment, was dismissed, the present writ petition has been filed.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present writ petition are as follows:-

The petitioner, who joined as Junior Assistant in the Office of the Executive Engineer, Public Works Department [P.W.D.), Kancheepuram Division on 16. 1975 and later on posted as Typist, and came out successful in the Special Qualifying Examination held on 212. 1977 by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission [for short, TNPSC], was allotted to the P.W.D. Unit for the post of Junior Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service; that the Chief Engineer (General), P.W.D. vide his proceedings dated 28. 1980 on which date he was holding the post of Typist temporarily, posted him as Junior Assistant; that pursuant to G.O. Ms. No. 715 Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Placements) Department dated 07. 1981 which provided for fixation of pay of the candid