(Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus as stated therein.)

P. Sathasivam, J.

The Association of Engineers, Tamil Nadu Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai-5, through its General Secretary A. Veerappan, has filed the above writ petition seeking to quash the order of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal, Chennai made in O.A.No.3348 of 1994 dated 17.04.1997 and consequently, direct the respondents 2 to 4 to forthwith comply with the process of selection and appointment of Assistant Engineers, pursuant to the advertisement given by the 4th respondent - Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (in short ‘TNPSC’), Chennai-2 in Advertisement No.9/94.

2. According to the petitioner, the petitioner Association has been formed as a non-political and non-profit making service organization at the State level as early as in 1936 and recognized by the Government of Tamil Nadu to represent and agitate, through lawful means, the grievance of members of the petitioner Association and to ameliorate their conditions of service and also to vindicate the rights of its members, who are all Graduate Enginee