ORDER

Challenging the advertisement No.01/2021 dated 22.01.2021 issued by the 2nd respondent, the present writ petition has been filed.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the 2nd respondent has invited applications for one post of Assistant General Manager (Finance) reserved for the scheduled caste category preferably Arundhathiyar through advertisement No. 03/2020 dated 18.11.2020 in a Tamil Newspaper Daily Thanthi dated 19.11.2020. As per the advertisement, a candidate who is a Chartered Accountant and registered in ICAI with minimum 10 years experience is eligible to apply. The petitioner having prescribed qualification and belonging to the scheduled caste category applied through online on 21.11.2020. Subsequently, the 2nd respondent has issued a new advertisements dated 15.12.2020 and 22.01.2021 for the same post for BC (OBCM) category and appointed the 3rd respondent in the said post on

08.02.2021.

3. According to the petitioner, the 2nd respondent ought not to have changed the category as per whims and fancies from SC to BC (OBCM). The procedure adopted by the 2nd respondent is illegal, arbitrary and against Article 16 of the Constitution of India. Hence the writ petition is