ORDER :

S. Manikumar, J.

1. Instant writ petitions were filed seeking for a Writ of Declaration to declare Explanation 1(c) of Section 25 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016 (Tamil Nadu Act No. 14 of 2016) as ultra vires of the Constitution. Since, the issue involved in these writ petitions are common, they are heard together and disposed of, by means of this Common Order.

2. Mr. A. Syed Ansari, petitioner in W.P. No. 6316 of 2019 is an Advocate, duly enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. He is a visually challenged person. He has completed his schooling from the Government Higher Secondary School for the Blind, Poonamallee in 2009 and thereafter, secured a seat in the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi and passed out of the law school, with a first class degree in 2014. Thereafter, he secured admission to the LLM program offered by Indian Law Institute, New Delhi (2014-2015 batch). The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi offered a one year LLM program in tune with the UGC guidelines and the course wa