ORDER

The Tamil Nadu Document Writers Association, petitioner in this writ petition, has both Document Writers and Copy Writers in Tamil Nadu as its members. Licensing of these two categories is governed by two different sets of rules. The Document Writers are governed by Tamil Nadu Document Writers Licence Rules 1982, whereas the Copy Writers are governed by the Tamil Nadu Copy Writers Licence Rules 1971. By G. O. Ms. No. 317, Commercial Taxes and Religious Endowments dated May 23, 1990, both the sets of rules were amended. We are concerned only with two of the provisions in these amending rules. By introducing R. 4(A) in the Document Writers Rules, it was provided that "the persons holding Document Writers Licence as on May 23, 1990 shall continue as such till they complete sixty years of age". By R.. 7(2), it was provided that "no person shall be eligible to apply for Document Writers Licensing Test unless he has passed the Higher Secondary Examination or its equivalent examination". So far as the Copy Writers are concerned the Amendment provided by the Proviso to R. 7(2) that "The persons holding Copy Writers Licence as on May 23, 1990 may continue as such till they complete si