M.Y. EQBAL, C.J.

1. Since, in all these writ petitions the petitioners have attacked and assailed the notification calling for application for appointment to the post of District Judges (Entry Level) on various grounds, they have been heard together and disposed of by this common order.

2. For better appreciation, the notification published in the daily newspaper The Hindu on 01.07.2010 issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Public (Special.A) Department is reproduced herein under.

- GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU Public (Special.A) Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009.

NOTIFICATION CALLING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF DISTRICT JUDGES (ENTRY LEVEL)

Applications are invited by the Government of Tamil Nadu for appointment of seventeen (17) posts of District Judges (Entry Level) in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service to be made by direct recruitment under the amended provisions of the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service (Cadre and Recruitment) Rules, 2007 from Advocates or Pleaders in India who have not less than seven years practice and Practising as on the date of this notification.

The distribution of the above said 17 vacancies is as follows:

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