COMMON ORDER

(Order made by the Hon'ble Mr.Justice D.Bharatha Chakravarthy)

A. The brief facts of the case :

The brief facts leading to the filing of these petitions are as follows:-

On 11.10.2022, the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB), Government of Tamil Nadu, issued Notification No.11/MRB/2022, in and by which, it invited applications for direct recruitment to 1021 vacancies in the post of Assistant Surgeon (General) in the scale of pay of Rs.56,100-1,77,500. The selection was by a process of written examination consisting of two papers, namely, Tamil Language Test and the Main Paper. All the writ petitioners had applied and participated in the selection process. The examination was conducted on 25.04.2023. On 23.06.2023, the Tamil Eligibility Test Result and the Final Answer Keys were released by the MRB. The objections to the key answers were also considered and the keys are finalised.

1.1. While so, on 13.07.2023, a group of Doctors approached this Court by way of W.P.No.20742 of 2023, seeking for award of weightage marks for the duty rendered by them in COVID - 19 pandemic wards. Considering the fact that no scheme was put in place by the Government of Tamil Nadu, an inter