Sanjiv Khanna, J.

1. Rule 14 of Delhi Judicial Service Rules, 1970 reads as under:-

“14. A candidate shall be eligible to appear at the examination, if he is:-

a) a citizen of India;

b) a person practicing as an Advocate in India or a person qualified to be admitted as an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961; and

c) not more than **32 years of age on the 1st day of January following the date of commencement of the examination.”

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, who is pursuing LLB course from the National Law University, Jodhpur and is presently in the 10th semester (final year) of the BA LLB (Hons.), should be permitted and allowed to appear in Delhi Judicial Service Examination, 2014, notified on 18th February, 2014. He submits that the requirements stipulated in clause ‘b’ of Rule 14 should be read along with the requirements stipulated in clause ‘c’ of Rule 14. Accordingly, the petitioner should be allowed and permitted to appear in the said examination as he would have qualified to be admitted as an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961 on or before the first day of January following the date of commencement of the examination. It is