ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.)

The challenge in this writ petition is to the order passed by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, cancelling the enrolment of the petitioner. The petitioner who had obtained a degree from an open university, had pursued law at the Central Law College, Salem. He had completed the bachelor of law course and a provisional certificate was issued by the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University to the effect that he has completed the law degree in May 2008. Pursuant to the said completion, the petitioner was enrolled as an Advocate on 17.09.2008. His enrolment was cancelled citing the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Annamalai University, Represented by its Registrar and others vs. Secretary to Government, Information and Tourism Department and others reported in 2009 (4) SCC

590. Challenging the cancellation, the petitioner is before this Court.

2. Several writ petitions were filed challenging similar cancellation orders before the Principal Bench and the same were decided in K.Sakthi Rani vs. Secretary, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry reported in (2010) 4 MLJ 849. A Division Bench after elaborately considering