Electricity Board, Dindigul. The first applicant underwent training for a period of one year from 13.07.2009 to 12.07.2010 and the second applicant under went apprenticeship training for a period of one year from 25.08.2008 to 24.08.2009. Thereafter, they have registered their names in the Professional Employment Exchange and also in the Headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Chennai. Whileso, the respondents Electricity Board, in an effort to fill up the existing vacancies for the post of Assistant Engineer, have requested the list of candidates from the employment exchange and simultaneously, they have also given advertisement through Deccan Chronicle inviting eligible Engineering Graduates, who have completed one year apprenticeship training, to register their names between 27.05.2013 and 03.06.2013. But, all of a sudden, the writ petitioners, who have not completed one year apprenticeship training before 03.06.2013, were also called for interview and after the selection process, the respondents have also published tentative list of 182 selected candidates for the post of Assistant Engineer, wherein the names of the applicants, in this impleading application, were not shown, therefore, the prayer of the writ petitioners that they should be allowed to participate in the interview, even though they have not completed one year apprenticeship training before the cut-off date i.e. 03.06.2013, shall not be accepted by this Court. If for any reason the writ petitioners, who have not completed one year apprenticeship training before the cut-off date i.e. 03.06.2013, are allowed to compete with other eligible candidates, who have sponsored through the employment exchange, the chances of selection of eligible candidates will be diminished. On this basis, he prayed for allowing this application.
