Common Order:

The petitioners in all these cases have come up with a challenge to the show cause notices issued to them by the first respondent, seeking to revise their allotment from Taluk Police to Armed Reserve or from Armed Reserve to Tamil Nadu Special Police for appointment.

2. I have heard Mr. R. Thiagarajan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners in all these writ petitions and Mr. P.S. Raman, learned Additional Advocate General for the respondents in all these writ petitions.

3. The Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board issued a Notification for recruitment of Men/Women Sub Inspectors of Police in the year 2006. By the Notification, 445 posts of Men Sub Inspectors of Police and 72 posts of Women Sub Inspectors of Police were sought to be filled up, out of which 20% of the vacancies were reserved for departmental candidates. The Notification was a common Notification for filling up the posts of Sub Inspectors to Taluk Police, Armed Reserve and Tamil Nadu Special Police. However the Notification also indicated that the allotment of selected candidates to Taluk Police, Armed Reserve and Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) would be made on the