JUDGMENT :

S. Vaidyathan, J.

(Prayer: Writ Appeal as against the order dated 05.03.2021 passed in W.P. No. 21070 of 2014.)

1. The present appeal has been preferred as against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 05.03.2021 passed in W.P. No.21070 of 2014.

2. The respondent herein had challenged the order dated 29.04.2014 passed by the 1st appellant herein rejecting his request to grant exemption from passing the departmental tests and the consequential order dated 30.04.2014 passed by the 2nd appellant terminating the service of the respondent herein. The learned Single Judge, following the order passed by the Madurai Bench of this Court in W.P.(MD) No. 6421 of 2008, involving a similar issue, allowed the writ petition with regard to settlement of terminal benefits, to be disbursed within a stipulated time. Challenging the said order, the present writ appeal has been filed by the Department.

3. According to the appellants, as per the Special rules for Tamil Nadu Survey and Land Records Subordinate Services, the respondent/writ petitioner should pass the departmental tests, either in old pattern or in the revised pattern, so as to enable him to get his probation declared and for p