ORDER :

V. PARTHIBAN, J.

1. All the above three Writ Petitions raise a common issue for consideration before this Bench as follows:

"Whether the claim of the petitioners can be considered for appointment of Civil Judge against respective communal quota' reserved for appointment, in the face of the fact that these writ petitioners, while applying to the call given by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission for appointment to the post of Civil Judge vide Notification dated 9.4.2018, have indicated in their application forms that they had acquired the basic degree through Tamil Medium of Instruction and thereby led to believe the Public Service Commission that they were claiming status as 'Persons Studied in Tamil Medium' (PSTM) and consequently, leading to rejection of their applications?"

2. The facts and circumstances, necessitating the filing of the present Writ Petitions are briefly stated hereunder:

The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as 'The Commission") has published a Notification on 09.04.2018, calling for applications for the appointment to the post of Civil Judges in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service in terms of Tamil Nadu State Judicial Servi