JUDGMENT

P.V.BALAKRISHNAN,J This intra-court appeal is filed by the petitioner in W.P.

(C)No.74/2015 challenging the judgment dated 05.01.2024 passed by the learned single judge dismissing his writ petition.

2. The appellant/writ petitioner is presently working as Sweeper Cum Watchman in the office of the 2^nd respondent. According to the appellant the said appointment was made pursuant to a requisition made by the 2^nd respondent to the District Employment Officer, Thiruvananthapuram, for a permanent vacancy of Sweeper Cum Watchman. The appellant, who had registered his name in the Employment Exchange in the year 2001, on the basis of his registration seniority and communal rotation, was called for an interview by the 2^nd respondent on 30.04.2014, as sponsored by the District Employment Officer. After the interview, the 2^nd respondent appointed the appellant to the post of Sweeper Cum Watchman, as per Ext.P3 order dated

11.07.2014. It is the case of the appellant that even though he was appointed through one of the regular methods of appointment, as per the Special Rules, he was admitted to duty only provisionally in violation of the Special Rules. Subsequently, the appellant was thre