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Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the entire records which culminated in issuing in G.O.(2D).No.202, Environment, Climate Change and Forest (FR.2(ii)) Department dated 25.11.2025 on the file of the first respondent and quash the same with consequential direction to the respondents to notionally regularize the petitioners service by relaxing the rules after completion of ten years from the date of initial appointment as a Plot Watcher on daily wage basis on par with Junior Namely Mr.M.Karunanidhi seniority along with regular service as qualifying service for the purpose of getting pension and family pension in the light of Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgment delivered in C.A.No.6798 of 2019 dated 02.09.2019 and Hon’ble Madras High Court orders passed in W.P.No.21627 of 2021 dated 07.10.2021, W.P.(MD) No.15339 of 2024 dated 10.07.2024, W.P.No.19605 of 2024 dated 15.07.2024 and W.P.No.18079 of 2019 dated 19.11.2024 were complied in G.O.(2D).No.127 dated on 03.06.2023, G.O.(2D).No.32 dated on 28.02.2025 and G.O.(2D).No.65 dated 21.04.2025 respectively of the first respondent as per Tamil Nadu Fundamental Rule 27(17) to confer all consequential pensionary benefits within time frame as fixed by this Hon’ble Court.

For Petitioners : Mr.Sathiyan for M/s.I.Kannapatel For Respondents : Mr.C.Selvaraj Additional Government Pleader

C O M M O N O R D E R

These writ petitions have been filed seeking issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the entire records which culminated in issuing in G.O.(2D).No.202, Environment, Climate Change and Forest (FR.2(ii)) Department, dated 25.11.2025 on the file of the first respondent and quash the same with consequential direction to the respondents to notionally regularize the petitioners service by relaxing the rules after completion of ten years from the date of initial appointment as a Plot Watcher on daily wage basis on par with junior namely M.Karunanidhi seniority along with regular service as qualifying service for the purpose of getting pension and family pension in the light of Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgment delivered in C.A.No.6798 of 2019 dated 02.09.2019 and this Court orders passed in W.P.No.21627 of 2021 dated 07.10.2021, W.P.(MD) No.15339 of 2024 dated 10.07.2024, W.P.No.19605 of 2024 dated 15.07.2024 and W.P.No.18079 of 2019 dated 19.11.2024 were complied in G.O.(2D).No.127 dated 03.06.2023, G.O.(2D).No.32 dated 28.02.2025 and G.O.(2D).No.65 dated 21.04.2025 respectively, of the first respondent as per Tamil Nadu Fundamental Rule 27(17) to confer all consequential pensionary benefits within time frame as fixed by this Court.

2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners joined the Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service in temporary capacity as Watcher on full time daily wage basis from the year 1978 and were paid from contingencies in the State Government Funds. The petitioners have rendered more than two decades of service, however, they were not brought in the regular service as Plot Watchers from the date of initial appointment, though they were qualified for appointment to the post of Forest Watcher in the regular time scale of pay. As per G.O.Ms.No.64, Environment and Forest Department, dated 08.03.1999, petitioners name were included in the State Wide Seniority List of panel for temporary Watchers, however, juniors to the petitioners filed writ petitions before this Court and all the writ petitions were allowed, pursuant to which, the first respondent issued the impugned G.O.(2D).No.202, Environment, Climate Change and Forest (FR.2(ii)) Department, dated 25.11.2025, regularising the servic