JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the 2nd respondent herein in No.13509/DCR/SDM/B3/KKL/2021/227 dated 09.06.2021 quash the same and direct the 2nd and 3rd respondent herein to issue Residence Certificate to the petitioner.)

1. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the 2nd respondent in No.13509/DCR/SDM/B3/KKL/2021/227 dated 09.06.2021, to quash the same and to direct the 2nd and 3rd respondents to issue Residence Certificate to the petitioner.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was born in Karaikal and completed her education in Karaikal. Thereafter she applied for the post of Guest Balasevika in the Education Department of Puducherry and was shortlisted for selection to the said post. She was directed to produce a Residence Certificate for the current period and hence she applied to the third respondent for issuance of Residence Certificate. Thereafter based on the advise of the staff of the third respondent, the petitioner applied for Residence Certificate with the