JUDGMENT

(Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Declaration, declaring that the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in selecting and appointing the third respondent as Associate Professor in the Department of Tamil Studies in Foreign Countries, when he is not possessing the minimum/essential qualification for appointment to the said post and also when he is less meritorious than the petitioner in all respect as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to select and appoint the petitioner as Associate Professor in the Department of Tamil Studies in Foreign Countries with effect from 05.06.2017, the date on which the third respondent joined duty as Associate Professor with all consequential benefits, award costs and thus render justice.)

1. This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Declaration to declare the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in selecting and appointing the third respondent as Associate Professor in the Department of Tamil Studies in Foreign Countries, when he is not possessing the minimum/essential qualification for appointment to the said post and