1. Petitioner seeks issuance of writ of certiorarified mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of a writ, calling for the records of respondents ending with the order of 4th respondent in Letter No.Peea/Ph/TNEA 98, dated 23.7.1998 and quash the same, and direct the respondents herein to forthwith re-allot the petitioner herein to undergo First Year Engineering Course in Computer Science in any one of the Government Colleges under the control of 2nd respondent herein, and pass such further or other orders as this Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

2. Petitioner is an or thopaedicaly physically handicapped person. Both his legs are affected by post-polio paralysis. The extent of disability is 60%. It is said that the direction of Artificial Limb Centre, K.K.Nagar, Government of Tamil Nadu Hospital, has issued a medical certificate, certifying that he is an orthopadically physically handicapped and eligible to be considered for admission to engineering colleges/technical institutions in his certificate dated 5.6.1997. It is said that during 1997 petitioner applied for admission to B.E. Degree course, and he was also