(Judgment of the Court was delivered by N.Senthilkumar J.)

This intra court appeal is directed against the order passed by the Writ Court dated 03.08.2023 made in W.P.No.21915 of 2023, which was disposed of vide a common order involving a batch of similar petitions.

2.In view of the order that is going to be passed in this Appeal at the admission stage, notice to the respondent is dispensed with.

3.The respondent/writ petitioner was appointed as a Plot Watcher on

01.10.1980 on daily wage basis. Although the petitioner’s name was included in the State Wide Seniority lists drawn up by the Department in 1994 and 1999, the same was not followed properly was his case. The primary grievance of the petitioner was that while his service was regularized only after a period of 28 years, his juniors, specifically one Mr.P. Karuppiah was brought into the regular time scale as early as 24.01.