ORDER :

Prayer: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned letters Official Communications No.D1(B) TE/2019/376, dated 29.04.2019, No.R.A3(3)/43844/2016 dated 18.03.2019, and No.D1(A) TE/20145/574 dated 27.05.2014 issued by the second respondent and consequential official communication No.D1(B)/TE/2019/265 dated 28.03.2019 on the file of the second respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the second respondent to permit the petitioner to continue his service as per his original date of birth i.e., 08.01.1961.

Since the issue raised in these writ petitions is one and the same and are interconnected and all these writ petitions are filed by the same petitioner, with the consent of learned counsel appearing for both sides, these writ petitions were heard together and are disposed of by this common order.

2. The petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in Tamil, in the Department of Tamil Institute of Correspondence Education in the University of Madras on 21.12.2000 vide order of the University dated 21.12.2000.

3. At the time of appointment i.e., when the petitioner ent