JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the fourth respondent in Na.Ka.No.8014/A1/2019 dated 10.11.2020 and quash the same and consequently, direct the respondents to give the benefits under the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to the students of the Government Schools Act, 2020 (Tamil Nadu Act No.34 of 2020) to the petitioner's daughter namely Soundarya in the Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to the students of the Government Schools, 2020-2021.

1. The petitioner's second daughter by name Soundarya was a student of Government run school, as her family was living on a meager income, being a small time agriculturist. She successfully completed her SSLC examination with 452 marks out of 500 marks and secured second rank among the Adi Dravidar students in Karur District. According to the petitioner, despite her daughter's poor economic and social backgr