N. Kirubakaran, J.

1. This case is only a tip of an iceberg, which reveals how full-time salaried employees/ staff are working and simultaneously undergoing Law Degree Course elsewhere. The petitioner herein, is a person, who was working as a full-time Government employee, i.e. as a Junior Engineer in Agricultural Engineering Department, Thanjavur, from 17.03.1966 to 31.10.2001 and who was able to obtain a law degree, as if he had undergone the course from 1998-2001, as a regular student in Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia College of Law, Bangalore University, Bangalore. He joined the Department in the year 1966 and superannuated in the year 2001. After retirement, the petitioner applied for enrolment with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu. He had categorically stated in column No. 11(a) about his employment details. Therefor, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, rightly, raised a query as to how, he was able to undergo the Law Course during 1998 to 2001, especially, when he was employed as a Junior Engineer in Thanjavur, by communication dated 17.10.2002. He filed an affidavit stating that he applied for leave and availed loss of pay to attend regular college during 1999 and 2001. However, no de