P.Kannan v. State of Tamil Nadu
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W.P(MD)No.11784 of 2025, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 24.04.2025 by J. Nisha Banu, J. (bench with S. Srimathy, J.). Petitioner P.Kannan challenged TNUSRB Notification No.01/2025 dated 04.04.2025 (third respondent: Member Secretary/Inspector General of Police, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Requirement Board), attacking Clause 5 eligibility condition barring candidates who passed 12th standard directly without studying 11th standard, as arbitrary and discriminatory under Articles 14 and 16, particularly against open schooling/private tutorial/self-learning candidates and pre-2017 (pre-G.O.Ms. No.100 dated 22.05.2017) pass-outs, and older special-category applicants (destitute widows, ex-servicemen, departmental quota, up to age 47). Petition for certiorarified mandamus dismissed; no merits found; State/recruiting agencies empowered to fix eligibility criteria; no interference absent clear unreasonableness or unconstitutionality; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed. Advocates: V.Angusamy for petitioner; Veera Kathiravan, Additional Advocate General, with P.Thilak Kumar, Government Pleader, for respondents.