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25. First of all, as submitted by Mr.K.Venkataramani, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the regularly appointed candidates, the order of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal, which was the basis for the Government to pass the government order impugned in the writ petition, to the effect that the temporary appointees are liable to be replaced by regular candidates selected by the TNPSC, but eligible for appearing in the selection in relaxation of the Rules to the extent necessary to give them a chance to qualify for regular appointment even though they have not availed chances earlier, as elicited above, has become final and the said 37 persons, except few have not chosen to appear in the subsequent selection process and in spite of that the Government has passed the order which is impugned in the writ petition after obtaining the concurrence of the TNPSC regularizing all these 37 persons from the date of their appointment which can be only said to be a matter of grace and not as a matter of right, for no one of these writ petitioners have availed the opportunity of appearing before the TNPSC and getting themselves regularly appointed and enter into the service and, therefore, in our view, they are not entitled, as a matter or right, to claim that they should be placed in the seniority above the persons who appeared in the regularly conducted selection process of the TNPSC in the year 1989. While the regularization of their services with effect from the date of their regular appointment was itself on humanitarian ground, they cannot as a matter of right claim to be seniors to the persons who are regularly appointed.