ORDER :

N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

These writ petitions have been filed seeking issuance of a writ of declaration to declare that the petitioners are eligible to be appointed as Assistant Engineer - Civil Engineering in the PSTM category.

2. W.P.No.16169 of 2024 pertains to the recruitment notification dated 04.04.2022. W.P.No.19493 of 2024 pertains to recruitment notification dated 13.10.2023.

3. The case of the petitioners is that they had applied for the post of Assistant Engineer - Civil Engineering pursuant to the notifications dated 04.04.2022 and 13.10.2023, which pertain to the recruitment for the years 2022 and 2023. As per this notification, 20% of the vacancies are notified to candidates, who have studied in Tamil medium (PSTM). The petitioners wrote the examination conducted by third respondent. The third respondent released the list of candidates, who are provisionally eligible for certificate verification.

4. The second petitioner in W.P.No.16169 of 2024 was called for certificate verification and oral test. Insofar as petitioners 1, 3 and 4 are concerned, they approached this Court and pursuant to the order passed in W.A.No.682 of 2023, they were called for certificate verifi