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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J
N.Mani – Appellant
Versus
Registrar Pondicherry University – Respondent
ORDER :
C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.
The Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of a Certiorarified Mandamus seeking records of the order of the first respondent dated 18.12.2023 and quash the same and direct the first respondent to appoint the petitioner to the post of Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy as per the Notification/Advertisement in Advt.No. PU/RC/2019/34, dated 05.08.2019. The petitioner claims that he is an eligible candidate and also seeks to give effect to the reservation policy.
2. In the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition, it had been stated that the petitioner was serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at Erode Arts and Science College, a Government aided College at Erode. The first respondent had called for online applications on 05.08.2019 in advertisement No. PU/RC/2019/34 inviting applications from candidates, for the post of Professor under SC category in the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy.
3. It had been contended specifically by the petitioner that since the inception of the said Centre in the year 2009, the post of Professor which had been reserved for SC
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