ORDER :

Petitioner has come up with this Writ Petition seeking a direction to the Respondents to regularize his services in the post of Mess Manager-cum- Caretaker with effect from the date of his appointment, i.e. 22.07.2009 with all other consequential reliefs, including seniority.

2. According to the Petitioner, who is a physically challenged person, he was appointed on 22.07.2009 as a Mess Manager-cum-Caretaker in Pondicherry University to take care of Boys' Hostel. His employment was on contract basis initially for a period of one academic year commencing 30.04.2010, which was periodically extended and there was a proposal to regularize three posts of Mess Managers in the Respondent University in the regular scale of pay. It was also stated that, Overtime Allowance will be paid during public holidays on par with the University Electrical Wing Staff. Even though proposals have been forwarded as regards regularization of service, the Petitioner was not regularized in service as Mess Manager-cum- Caretaker. Finally, in the year 2019, it was decided to extend the approval to engage three Mess Managers-cum-Caretakers for Boys Hostel on contract basis for a period of ten months and th