1. The petitioner applied for the post of Assistant in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, for which advertisement was given by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) vide., Advertisement No.280. Subsequently, the petitioner got an Hall Ticket for writing examination and she wrote examination and rank list was also published. The petitioner had obtained rank 4847 and as against her Registration No.14701268, her community was described as 'Others– Female'. Subsequently, the communal cadre and cut-off mark were also published. According to the petitioner, for the Backward Class women the cut-off mar is 198.

2. The case of the petitioner was that she was initially belonged to Hindu religion and born in Sengunthar Community, which is a Backward Class as per the the list of Backward Classes published by the State Government. She got married to one Mohamed Asath on 21.05.2006 by converting herself into Muslim. Since she got converted into Muslim and married a Muslim man, she applied for community certificate, which was also given by the Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar, Kancheepuram stating that she belongs to Backward Class Muslim Labbai community. She