ORDER :

Since the issue involved herein is one and the same, both the writ petitions were heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Challenging the orders of the 2nd respondent, namely, the Chairman, Medical Services Recruitment Board, Chennai, in his respective Proceedings in Ref Nos.547/MRB/E3/2016 and 557/MRB/E3/2016 dated 09.08.2016 and to quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and consequently, for directing the 2nd respondent to appoint the petitioners in the post of Audiometrician pursuant to notification No.3/MRB/2016 issued by the 2nd respondent dated 24.01.2016, the present Writ Petitions have been filed.

3. The relevant facts leading to the filing of the present writ petitions are as follows:

3.1 The petitioners after obtaining their Under Graduate Degree, have completed the Diploma in Hearing, Language and Speech (DHLS) in the respective institutions at Pondicherry viz., Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) and Vinayaka Missions College of Paramedical Sciences. The said institutions are affiliated to All India Institutes of Speech and Hearing, Mysore and Indira Gandhi National Open University & Ali Yavar Jung Na