IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 31-7-2008

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.PAUL VASANTHAKUMAR

W.P.No.12127, 13762, 14853, 14854, 14855, 14856, 17195, 17247, 17248,

17252, 17452, 17472, 17473, 17474, 17475, 17695, 17696, 17912, 17913,

17914, 18104, 18105, 18106, 18107, 18108, 18109, 18110, 18140, 18296,

18392, 18416 & 18417 of 2008

and Connected Miscellaneous Petitions

S. Senthil Kumar

...Petitioner in W.P.12127/08

R. Govindasamy

.. Petitioner in W.P.13762/08

S.Anantha kumaar

.. Petitioner in W.P.14853/08

M.A. Ravivarma

.. Petitioner in W.P.14854/08

P.V.Vijeya Karthik Raj

.. Petitioner in W.P.14855/08

G.Ravichandran

.. Petitioner in W.P.14856/08

S.Velmurugan

.. Petitioner in W.P.17195/08

T.Geetha

.. Petitioner in W.P.17247/08

& W.P.17248/08

V.Prasad

.. Petitioner in W.P.17252/08

K.Ramya

.. Petitioner in W.P.17452/08

R. Arvindh

.. Petitioner in W.P.17472/08

D.Ashok Kumar

.. Petitioner in W.P.17473/08

S. Senthilnathan

.. Petitioner in W.P.17474/08

S. Mugesh

.. Petitioner in W.P.17475/08

P.Radhakrishnan

.. Petitioner in W.P.17695/08

M. Harikaran

.. Petitioner in W.P.17696/08

https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

C. Sivakumar

.. Petitioner in W.P.17912/08

D. David Raj Kumar

.. Petitioner in W.P.17913/08

M. Deepak Pious Bakkiaraj.. Petitioner in W.P.17914/08

J.Mullai Arasu

..Petitioner in WP 18104/2008

G.Radhakrishnan

..Petitioner in WP 18105/2008

S.Santhakumar

..Petitioner in WP 18106/2008

Ramakrishnan

..Petitioner in WP 18107/2008

A.Felix Raja

..Petitioner in WP 18108/2008

V.Jeyendran

..Petitioner in WP 18109/2008

S.Ethiraj

..Petitioner in WP 18110/2008

Dr.S.Periyannan

..Petitioner in WP 18140/2008

L.Infant Maria Roger ..Petitioner in WP 18296/2008

C.Sangu

..Petitioner in WP 18392/2008

K.Anbuvijayan

..Petitioner in WP 18416/2008

S.Pandiarajan

..Petitioner in WP 18417/2008

Vs.

The Secretary,

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,

Chennai - 600 002.

...

Respondent in all WPs

PRAYER:

Writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of

India, praying this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the

respondent to treat the petitioner as having passed the Group-1

Services Preliminary Examination 2006-2007 conducted by the respondent

on 23.12.2007 by rectifying the wrong key answers assigned to Question

Nos.118, 133, 140, 143, 152 & 167 in the said examination.

(W.P.12127/08, 17195, 17452/08)

1. Mandamus directing the Respondent to re-evaluate the petitioners

answer sheet by rectifying the wrong key answers assigned to some of

the questions in the Group-I Preliminary Examination 2006-2007

conducted by the respondent on 23.12.2007 and to hold the petitioner

as having passed the said examination, thereon to be allowed to write

https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

the Group-I Main Examination scheduled on 16.08.2008 and 17.08.2008

(WP.no.13762/08, 14855, 17695, 17696 & 18296/08)

2. Mandamus directing the Respondents to re-evaluate the petitioners

answer sheet by rectifying the wrong key answers assigned to some of

the questions and by assigning marks for the wrong questions and for

the questions having two correct answers in the Group-1 Preliminary

Examination 2006-2007 conducted by the respondent on 23.12.2007 and to

hold the petitioner as having passed the said examination, thereon to

be allowed to write the Group-1 Main Examination scheduled on

16.08.2008 (WP.No.14853, 14854, 14856, 17252, 17472 to 17475, 18392,

18416, 18417/2008)

3. Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the

Memorandum No.3031/QD-E2/2008 dated 20.6.2008 and to quash the same

and direct the respondent to consider the request of the petitioner

dated 17.5.2008 for the consideration of the answers given by her in

the preliminary examinations with the Registration No.11902231 for the

appointment in Group-I Services for 2006-2007 written at No.119-

Nagercoil Centre, within a time frame as may be fixed by this

Honourable Cou