JUDGMENT :

(Common Prayer : Writ Petitions filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the concerned records from the 2nd respondent, quash the order of the 2nd respondent bearing Memo No.TNPCB/Per/P7/24001/2013 dated 31.10.2013 in so far as the petitioner is concerned and consequently direct the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner from 22.11.1996 being the date of initial engagement in the post of Field Assistant as done in the case of J.Balakumaran and five others vide proceedings No.TNPCB/P7/002970/2011 dated 28.01.2012.)

The orders impugned dated 31.10.2013, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioners for regularization are under challenge in the present writ petitions.

2. The petitioners state that their names were sponsored by the District Employment Exchange office for selection to the Post of Field Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The petitioners were engaged on consolidated pay wages and they joined on 05.02.1997 and 09.10.1996 respectively. The petitioners state that they are working continuously and similarly, many other employees were also kept under daily wages/conso