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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
R. Suresh Kumar, N. Senthilkumar, JJ
The State Of Tamil Nadu Rep. By Its Secretary To Government, Environment And Forest Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – Appellant
Versus
M Karunanidhi S/O. Marimuthu – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. basis for regularization of long-term employees (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. state's compliance with court orders and previous verdicts (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. court's reasoning against negative treatment of similarly situated employees (Para 6) |
(Judgment of the Court was delivered by R.Suresh Kumar J.)
This intra court appeal has been directed against the order passed by the Writ Court dated 19.11.2024 made in W.P.No.18079 of 2019.
2. The respondent / writ petitioner was working as Plot Watcher in the Denkanikottai Forest Range and he was initially appointed on 01.09.1997. Since then he had been continuously working in the same Range for 22 years. The Government came out with a Government Order in G.O.Ms.No.64, Environment and Forest (FR2) Department dated 08.03.1999 for preparation of statewide seniority for all Social Forestry Workers and Plot Watchers for the purpose of regularisation. Thereafter, G.O.Ms.No.95, Environment and Forest (FR.2) Department dated 07.08.2009 was issued for regularising their services. However, in those Government Orders, only 3050 plot watchers were brought under time scale of pay. Insofar as the respondent / writ petitioner is concerned, such a gesture
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