Indira Banerjee, J.

In these writ petitions, petitioners have challenged the decision of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, hereinafter referred to as “the State Bar Council”, to keep the applications of the petitioners for enrolment pending.

2. The reasons for keeping the applications of the petitioners pending are contained in a list published by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu. The enrolment applications of these petitioners have been kept pending on the ground that they had cleared the Secondary (X Class) or the Higher Secondary (XII Class) Board Examination privately.

3. It is not in dispute that all the petitioners have obtained the L.L.B. degree from a University established by statute and recognized by the Bar Council of India, by prosecuting a regular Three Year L.L.B. Course conducted by the University or an institution affiliated thereto. The universities from which the petitioners have obtained the L.L.B. degree are the Venkateswara University, Tirupathy, Andra Pradesh; Dr.Ambedkar Law University, Tamil Nadu and Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, respectively. It is also not in dispute that all the applicants have graduated from Universities established by