Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Chennai Vs. Thiru R. Govindaswamy [21/02/14]

[Civil Appeal Nos. 2726-2729 of 2014 arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 5681-5684/2014) @ CC. 19326-19329/2013]. [Civil Appeal Nos. 2730-2731 of 2014 arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 5686-5687/2014) @ CC. 19982-19983/2013]. These appeals have been preferred against the impugned judgments and orders dated 21.11.2012 and 16.11.2012 in Writ Appeal Nos. 2402, 2403 2404, 2405 of 2012 and 2555, 2556 of 2012 passed by the High Court of Madras, by which the High Court has regularised the services of part-time sweepers (respondents herein). Facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals are that: The respondents had been appointed as part-time sweepers by appellant from 1987 till 1993 as their initial appointments had been issued to the respondents and others on 1.12.1987, 2.5.1991, 1.4.1993, 10.4.1993, 27.5.1999 and 19.1.2001. As the respondents and others had been working for more than 10 years, they filed Writ Petition Nos. 17468, 17470, 17472, 17473, 17469 and 17471 of 2012 before the High Court of Madras for seeking regularisation of their services.