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The Clause-3 of the Government Order in G.O.Ms.No.408, https://hcFseirvnicaesn.eccouert s.g(ovP.ine/hncsserivicoens/) Department, dated 25.08.2009, is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The learned counsel for the writ petitioner states that the writ petitioner was appointed as a Nominal Muster Roll (NMR) employee with the third respondent during the year 1992. The writ petitioner was paid daily wages. Subsequently, the service of the writ petitioner was brought under the regular establishment and he was granted with the benefit of regularization on completion of ten years of service as temporary daily wage employee.

3. The claim of the writ petitioner is that the Government Order granting the benefit of counting 50% of the services rendered as daily wage employee / temporary employee is extended to the employees, whose services were regularized before 01.04.2003. On account of the cut-off date prescribed, the writ petitioner is unable to get the benefit of the Government Order for the purpose of reckoning 50% of the services rendered by him as daily wage employee.

4. This Court is of the considered opinion that the cut-off date of 01.04.2003 fixed has got relev