JUDGMENT :

Mohammed Nias C.P., J.

The above appeals arise from the judgment of the learned single Judge in WP(C) No.30638 of 2021 dated 6.6.2022.

2. The facts leading to these writ appeals are as follows:-

The second respondent, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC Ltd.), invited applications for the post of Assistant Law Officer at EO level for its various projects/stations as per Ext.P3 notification which mandates an eligibility criteria as having an LLB Degree and to have appeared for CLAT -2021 (Common Law Admission Test 2021) Post Graduate Programme conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities. The writ petitioner, the first respondent in WA No.793 of 2022, and who is also the appellant in WA No.742 of 2022, challenged the above clause in Ext.P3 notification which makes the appearance in CLAT 2021 mandatory to be considered for the post. The first respondent/writ petitioner contended that the said condition in Ext.P3 resulted in a classification between the candidates who appeared for CLAT 2021 examination and the ones who did not appear for the said examination, and that the said classification had no nexus with the object sought to be achieved namely choosin