1. By this writ petition, the petitioners are assailing the essential qualification for the post of Executive Trainee (Law) mentioned in the advertisement No.CC/01/2015 dated 11.03.2015 on the ground of violation the rights of the petitioners guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution of India i.e. Equality before law and equality of opportunity in matters of public employment under Article 16 of the Constitution of India. The relevant portions of the said advertisement indicating the eligibility criteria which are now impugning in the present writ petition are quoted hereunder:-

“(Advt. No. CC/01/2015 dated 11.03.2015)

Recruitment of Executive Trainee (Law) – 2015 through CLAT 2015

POWERGRID, the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of India and a Navratna Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India is engaged in power transmission business with the mandate for planning, co-ordination, supervision and control over complete inter-State transmission system and operation of National & Regional Power Grids. POWERGRID operates around 1,13,688 circuit kms of transmission lines along with 189 Sub-stations (as on 31.01.2015) and wheels about 50% of total po