1. The petitioner is an advocate practising in the High Court of Chhattisgarh and has a background of public service. He has filed this writ petition praying for quashing the designation of respondents 5 to 21 as Senior Advocates of this Court and for directing the High Court of Chhattisgarh to designate all those lawyers who had applied to be designated as Senior Advocates by issuing appropriate writ of certiorari/mandamus. The petitioner has also prayed for directing the High Court of Chhattisgarh to frame separate rules for designating the lawyers as Senior Advocates by issuing appropriate writ of mandamus.

2. The petitioner who has appeared in person submitted that a Full Bench of the Allahabad High Court has held in the case of Democratic Bar Association v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad , reported in 2001 (5) SLR 88 : (AIR 2000 All 300) that writ petition filed by Association of Advocates and the Advocates practising in the High Court of Allahabad questioning the legality of the rules for designation of Senior Advocates was maintainable. He submitted that in view of the said decision of the Full Bench of the Allahabad High Court, the present writ petition by which desig