JUDGMENT

(Prayer in W.P.7230 of 2020: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner in the post of Junior Assistant with effect from 22.12.1982 and accordingly grant all benefits for the purpose of consequential revision of retirement and pensionary benefits of the petitioner, in the light of Government Letter (Ms) No.369, Revenue and Disaster Management and Mitigation Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, SS4(2) Section, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009 dated 10.10.2019, within a limited time frame as fixed by this Court.)

This Writ Petition has been filed seeking to issue Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners in the post of Junior Assistant from the date of their initial appointment and to grant consequential revised retirement and pensionary benefits.

2. The petitioners were appointed as Junior Assistant on temporary basis in the Survey and Land Records Department on various dates during the year 1982, 1983 and 1984. Thereafter, their services were regularized on various dates from the year 1990 and subseq