JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records on the file of the second respondent relating to the order issued in G.O.Ms.No.98, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (M) Department, dated 09.08.2011 and quash the same and consequently forbear the respondents 1 to 4 from proceeding further based on the Search and Seizure conducted by the fourth respondent on 14.10.2011.)

Common Order:

Sanjay V. Gangapurwala, C.J.

1. These writ petitions are based on common set of facts and involve common questions of law. To avoid rigmarole, these writ petitions are decided by a common judgment.

2. The writ petitions filed in the year 2011 (except W.P.Nos. 25147 and 24848 of 2011) assail G.O.Ms.No.98, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (M) Department, dated 9.8.2011, by virtue of which, the Government brought the Chairman and Members of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) under the purview of the State Vigilance Commission and the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption. W.P.Nos.25147 and 24848 of 2011 are filed seeking cancellation of various examinations conducted by the TNPS