(Order of the Court was made by P.VELMURUGAN, J.)

Challenging the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, in O.A.No.165 of 2018 dated 30.10.2024, the petitioners are before this Court with the present Writ Petition.

2 Learned Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India, the petitioners, would submit that the petitioner was engaged as Cook in 2007 as a daily wage worker (Masalachi/Cook) in the Jawans’ the Mess, Dakshin Bharat Area Signal Company, Chennai. His engagement was purely and temporarily funded by Jawans’ contributions and not against any sanctioned civilian post.

2.1 In 2017, a recruitment notification was issued prescribing an age limit of 18-25 years for the post of Cook, for which the respondent also applied and he was not considered due to his over age and subsequently that notification was rescinded and in April 2023, a fresh notification was issued and the respondent again applied under this notification. The respondent filed two Original Applications before the Tribunal in O.A.No.165 of 2018 seeking age relaxation and O.A.No.735 of 2022 seeking regularization. The Tribunal, vide common order dated 30.10.2024, rejected regularization, but granted a