V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.

The petitioner, whose application for enrolment as an Advocate was not entertained by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on account of the pendency of a criminal case against him, has come up with the above writ petition seeking the issue of a writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to enrol him.

2. Heard Mr.S.Thiruvengadam, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.S.Y.Masood, learned counsel appearing for the respondents 1 and 2 and Mrs.A.Srijayanthi, learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents 3 and 5.

3. The petitioner completed a 3 year Law Degree from the Government Law College, Coimbatore in May 2014. It appears that while undergoing the course of study at the Government Law College, Coimbatore, he joined a group of students who organised a demonstration in front of a TASMAC retail vending outlet and Bar bearing No.1734, Lolly Road, Maruthamalai Main Road, Coimbatore. Immediately, the Police registered the First Information Report in Crime No.1190 of 2013 on 30.7.2013 against the entire group of students numbering about 24, including the petitioner herein. It appears that all the students who organised a pr