(File photo) MANILA - Senator Robinhood Padilla has filed a measure that will make it possible for casual or contractual state employees to attain regular status even without civil service eligibility provided that they have worked for at least five years in the government. The neophyte senator said it is about time that employees appointed under casual or contractual status be given a chance to be regularized under Senate Bill 234, or an act granting civil service eligibility under certain conditions. A similar bill was previously filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada, though he only required three years of service. If approved, Padilla's bill will join other special laws, regulations, and orders authorizing the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to grant eligibility to qualified individuals, including Bar/Board, Barangay Health Worker, Barangay Nutrition, Scholar, Barangay Official, Electronic Data Processing Specialist, Foreign School Honor Graduate, Honor Graduate, Sanggunian Member, Sc