JUDGMENT :-

S. Vaidyanathan, & Rvijayakumar, JJ.

(Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, to set aside the order, dated 16.10.2019 made in W.P.No.29547 of 2019 and allow this writ appeal.)

The respondents in the writ petitions are the appellants herein.

2. The Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O.Ms.No.400 Home (Police XV) Department dated 07.06.2012 sanctioning 558 additional posts of Sweepers in the Police Department. As per the said G.O., a special time scale of pay of Rs.1300-3000+ Grade Pay of Rs.300/- would be paid to the appointed Sweepers. Further, it was stated that the 558 additional posts are sanctioned by surrendering the existing 219 regular posts of Sweepers in the Police Department. Pursuant to the said Government Order, the writ petitioners were appointed in the special time scale of pay. The appointment order of the writ petitioners clearly indicated that their appointments are purely temporary until the same is regularised by the Government. The writ petitioners were issued the order of regularization on various dates and granted regularization from the date of their original appointments. The probation period was also declared by the District Leve