Replace on-render tag with on-entry , it will work.
<view-state id="displayAllTasks" view="/WEB-INF/flows/jsp/displayAllTasks.jsp" model="workflowSet">
<on-entry>
<set name="requestScope.state" value="requestParameters.state"/>
<evaluate expression="workflowController.getAllTasksByState(requestParameters.state)" result="viewScope.workflowSet"></evaluate>
</on-entry>