[Judgment of the Court was made by N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.]

Challenging the order of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(MD)

No.1475 of 2026, dated 30.01.2026, whereby the writ petition was allowed and the appellants were directed to consider the candidature of the writ petitioner under the BC category and permit him to participate in the further selection process, the respondents/State Government, as appellants, have preferred the present writ appeal.

2.The respondent/writ petitioner applied for the posts of Jail Warden and Grade II Police Constable before the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, pursuant to the notification dated 21.08.2025. He belongs to the Backward Community (BC). He submitted his application online. While doing so, in the column relating to community, “OC” was inadvertently entered instead of “BC.” Though the petitioner pointed out the mistake and attempted to rectify it by submitting another application on the same day