ORDER

The petitioner's father belonged to Hindu Scheduled Caste community.

His mother was born a Muslim. The petitioner's father as well as the petitioner got converted to Islam. The gazette notification in this regard was published on 21.04.2004. It reads as follows :

“Thiru.Babu, V. (Hindu), son of Thiru.Mohamedsultan, C. born on 14th May 1984 (native place: Thanjavur), residing at No.62, Mariammankoil Street, Mathulampettai, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur-612 001, has converted to Islam with the name of Mohamed Riyazudeen, M. on 3rd July 2000.”

The Zonal Deputy Tahsildar, Kumbakonam Taluk issued community certificate dated 28.07.2005 certifying that the petitioner belongs to Muslim-Labbais community. The petitioner acquired B.L. Degree in December 2009. When TNPSC issued Notification No.10/2021 dated 25.08.2021 inviting applications from eligible candidates for direct recruitment to the posts of Assistant Public Prosecutor – Grade II, the petitioner applied in response thereto. He cleared the preliminary examination held on 06.11.2021. He was not issued with any Hall Ticket for the Main written examination scheduled to be held in the first week of May 2022. The reason was that he had crossed