Common Order: (P. Sathasivam, J.)

A simple, but important question having far reaching consequences in the field of education and employment arises for consideration in this batch of writ petitions.

2. Since the issue raised in these writ petitions is one and the same, they are being disposed of by the following common order.

3. For convenience, we shall refer the case of the petitioner in W.P.No.32895 of 2005.

(a) According to the petitioner i.e., Dr. M. Vennila, she passed out M.B.B.S. degree in the year 2005 in Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University. She got her name registered in the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, Chennai on 2.5.2005. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, the respondent in the writ petition issued Notification on 1.7.2005 for filling up the post of Assistant Surgeon (General/ Specialty) in the Tamil Nadu Medical Service for the year 2003-04. The respondent also issued an advertisement in the Newspapers for the said direct recruitment for filling up 1295 posts of Assistant Surgeon (General) and 530 posts in 21 different Specialties. The advertisement was published in leading Newspapers on 4th to 6th July, 2005. On the basis of the said advertisement,