JUDGMENT :

T.S. Sivagnanam, J.

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the entire records pertaining to the impugned Government Order in G.O.(Ms) No.590, Public (Law Officers) Department, dated 04.09.2019, which made the amendment appointment of Law Officers of High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rules, 2017 and quash the same as illegal, against the Rules 2017 and against the directives made in the verdict of the Hon’ble First Bench of Madras High Court in W.P.No.12951 of 2017, dated 28.04.2018 and consequently, direct the respondents 1 to 3 to appoint the law officers in the High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai in consonant with the verdict of the Apex Court in a case reported in (2016) 3 MLJ 776 (SC) and by duly adhering the Appointment of Law Officers of High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rules, 2017 as amended on 2018 and to follow the judgment of the Hon’ble First Bench of Madras High Court in W.P.No.12951 of 2017, dated 28.05.2018 in letter and spirit by inviting applications from all eligible advocates aspiring for the said posts by i