JUDGMENT

(Prayer in W.A.No.2353 of 2022: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 27.04.2022 in W.M.P.No.10533 of 2022 in W.P.No.10973 of 2022;

Prayer in W.P.No.10973 of 2022: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the first respondent Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu vide G.O.Ms.No.232, Higher Education (E1) Department dated 20.11.2021 rejecting extension of Religious Minority Status to the petitioner College and also consequently Clause 8(v) of G.O.Ms.No.270 Higher Education (J1) Department dated 17.06.1998, imposing the condition of restricting admission of minority students upto 50 percent to quash the same and further to direct the first respondent to issue the Permanent Religious Minority Status Certificate to the petitioner College.

[Prayer amended vide order dated 07.07.2023 in W.M.P.No.19308 of 2023 in W.P.No.10973 of 2022])

Common Judgment:

Sanjay V. Gangapurwala, CJ.

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