JUDGMENT :

S.A. Bobde, CJI.

1. Persons who were appointed as District Judges (Entry Level) by way of direct recruitment vide a Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 170, Home Department dated 18.02.2011 in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service have come up with this Writ Petition seeking the following reliefs:

“(a) Issue a Writ in the nature of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Orders, Directions, to call for records relating to the last list of names recommended by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court of Madras to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India for appointment as Judges of Madras High Court and quash the same in so far as it relates to the names of Respondents No. 5 to 23 herein and consequently direct the Hon’ble Collegiums of the Madras High Court to consider the names of the Petitioners also for appointment as High Court Judges;

OR

(b) Issue a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Orders, Directions, directing the Respondents No. 1 to 4 to return the last list of names for appointment as Judges of High Court, Madras recommended by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court of Madras to the Hon’ble Chief J