JUDGMENT :

Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, J.

1. The writ appeal and the connected writ petitions relate to the same subject matter, namely the dual question of the execution of indemnity bonds to serve the State of Tamil Nadu after having completed the Post Graduate Medical Courses and the consequential issue of retention of certificates, the release whereof has been sought by the petitioners contending that, firstly, there was no such condition in respect of the All India Quota seats with which they are concerned and then, even otherwise, the said conditions were not applicable in the absence of any relevant government order and enforceable rule.

2. The litigation has charted certain decisions and orders, which deserve an immediate mention at this stage itself. A batch of 208 petitioners joined in W.P. No. 23874 of 2018 praying for a mandamus that the communication of the Director of Medical Education dated 17.7.2017 be enforced in respect of all the petitioners, who are students selected under All India Quota and instruct the return of original certificates without insisting on implemen