JUDGMENT :

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J.

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 01.02.2020, 04.02.2020 and the petitioners key answer challenge Reference Nos. 25-2019- 280002021-001-068, 25-2019-280002021-001-069, 25-2019-280002021-001-099 with regard to allow the petitioner to write Main Examinations to be held on 28.03.2020 and 29.03.2020 within a reasonable time period to be fixed by this Court.

1. The Petitioner is an advocate of about nine years standing in the profession. The second Respondent/the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission issued a Notification No. 25/2019 dated 09.09.2019 and invited on-line applications for direct recruitment to the post of civil judge in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service. As per the Notification, the selection was to be made through a three stage process consisting of a: (i) preliminary examination; (ii) main written examination and (iii) viva voce test. The minimum pass mark in the preliminary examination was 35 marks for candidates belonging to MBC/DC/BC. The preliminary examination consisted of 100 ob