BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 11.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI WP(MD)Nos.1508 & 2557 of 2026 and WMP(MD) Nos.1185,1188 & 1189,2144,2146 &

2147 of 2026 WP(MD) No.1508 of 2026:-

1.R.Rajkumar

2.K.Prabakaran

3.J.Surya

4.A.Poovarasan 5.P.Gopinath P

6.P.Dharmadurai

7.M.Vignesh

8.K.Madhusudhanan

9.B.Lakshmanan

10.S.Sabarinathan

11.A.Naveen Viswas

12.M.Ramkumar

13.J.Leon Raj

14.J.Ramesh Kannan

15.A.Chandrasekar

16.G.Udhaya Jayaseelan

17.S.Hariprakash

18.S.Rambabu 19.S.Balaguru

20.J.Nathaniel

21.S.Karthik Raja 22.L.Prabhakaran 23.J.Arun Prakash

24.A.Surya

25.C.Aravindhan

26.S.Gopal

27.M.Bala Velayutham

28.G.Muthuraja

29.V.Ashok Kumar

30.P. Ramachandran

31.L. Santhosh Kumar

32.G. Somanathan ... Petitioners Vs

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

2.The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, No.359, Anna Salai, Chennai - 6.

3.Medical Services Recruitment Board, Represented by its Member Secretary, 7th Floor, Dms Buildings, 359, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 006. ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of CERTIORARIFIED MANDAMUS, to call for the records pertaining to the Impugned Provisional Selection List in PSL.No.01/MRB/2026 dated 13.01.2026 on the file of the Respondent No.3 and quash the same as illegal in so far as not including the Petitioners are concerned and consequently for a direction, directing the Respondents to revise the provisional selection list for the post of Health Inspector Grade - II by including the names of the Petitioners who have completed their one year course certificate from Gandhigram Rural Institute in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.338 Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, dated 02.08.2019 and G.O.Ms.No.443, Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, dated 02.08.2019.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Aswin Raja Simman For R1 & R2 : Mr.Ravindran Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.C.Venkatesh Kumar Special Government Pleader For R3 : Mr.P.Yasmin Begum Standing Counsel

1.Sivasankaran

2.Nantha N

3.Ajith P

4.Thanga Pandian V ... Petitioners Vs

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Represented byits Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, No.359, Anna Salai, Chennai - 6.

3.Medical Services Recruitment Board, Represented by its Member Secretary, 7th Floor, Dms Buildings, 359,Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 006. ...Respondents Prayer:- Writ of CERTIORARIFIED MANDAMUS, to call for the records pertaining to the Impugned Provisional Selection List in PSL No.01/MRB/2026 dated 13.01.2026 on the file of the Respondent No.3 and quash the same as illegal in so far as not including the Petitioners are concerned and consequently for a direction, directing the Respondents to revise the provisional selection list for the post of Health Inspector Grade - II by including the names of the 1st to 3rd Petitioner who have completed their one year course certificate from Sri Sai Bharath college of Arts and Science in Dindigul affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.338, Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, dated 02.08.2019 and G.O.Ms.No.443, Health and Family Welfare (L1) Department, dated 14.10.2025 within the time period stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Maheswaran For R1 & R2 : Mr.Ravindran Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.C.Venkatesh Kumar Special Government Pleader For R3 : Mr.P.Yasmin Begum Standing Counsel

C O M M O N O R D E R

The petitioners have applied for the post of Health Inspector Grade II, called for by the Medical Services Recruitment Board, vide Notification, dated 27.10.2024. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they have been shortlisted for certificate verification