ORDER

The petitioner as well as his family members were Hindus. They belonged to Most Backward Class (DNC). They got converted to Islam on 26.05.2008. The petitioner changed his name. It was also notified in the gazette. The Zonal Deputy Tahsildar, Ramanathapuram Taluk issued community certificate dated 28.10.2015 certifying that the petitioner belongs to Labbais community. When TNPSC issued Notification No.15/2018 dated 10.08.2018 inviting applications from eligible candidates for direct recruitment to the posts included in Combined Civil Services Examination – II (Group-II Services), the petitioner applied in response thereto. He cleared the preliminary written examination held on 11.11.2018. He also wrote the main examination held on 23.02.2019. But he was not included in the final selection list. He invoked the provisions of the Right to Information Act and came to know that the reason for his non-selection was because TNPSC did not treat him under “BC (Muslim)” category but considered him under “General” category. Questioning the said stand taken by TNPSC, the present writ petition has been filed.

2.The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that Article