( 1 ) THE petitioners are all Practising Advocates. As per the Certificates of Enrolment issued to them by the Karnataka State Bar Council, the date on which they have signed the Roll of the State Bar Council and the deemed date of commencement of their legal practice as Advocate are as follows:

W. P. No.

Name

Date of signing the Roll

Date on which deemed to have become an Advocate

1054 of 2002

S. Ramu

5-2-1999

29-11-1997

1120 of 2002

T. K. Shridevi

4-9-1998

4-9-1997

1121 of 2002

R. Manjuladevi

23-10-1998

18-10-1997

1122 of 2002

R. Rekha

6-11-1998

15-3-1997

13 15 of 2002

Pramodha

9-1-1998

24-10-1996

1316 of 2002

Ganapati

29-8-1998

23-8-1997

( 2 ) THE Civil Judges (Junior Division) Selection Committee of High court of Karnataka ('selection Committee' for short) issued a notification dated 8-10-2001 inviting applications for recruitment of candidates for the posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division ). Clause (3) of the Schedule to the Karnataka Judicial Services (Recruitment) Rules, 1983 prescribes the minimum qualifications for the post which is extracted in clause (3) of the said Notification. The relevant portion of clause (3) is extracted below:" (a) Must be a holder of degree in law or equ

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