Chennai sources stated that the larger bench will soon decide on three core issues, which since 1978 saw no certainty, relating to availability of 20% reservation earmarked for Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) in government jobs in respect of law graduates.
Meanwhile when finding ambiguity in the applicability of 20% PSTM quota in respect of law graduates from state law universities and there is no authoritative judgment on this aspect, a division bench comprising Justices V. Bharathidasan and V. Parthiban directed the Registry to place the matter before the Chief Justice for referring it to a larger bench for authoritative pronouncement on three issues.
Moreover Boominathan, Senthil Kumar and R. Devaraj applied to the post of civil judges pursuant to the notification issued by the Tamilnadu Public Service Commission and they have uniformly indicated that they studied their basic courses in Tamil Medium. Apparently the bench said the officials, who were in administration of State Law Colleges, were unable to bring forth any clinching material to apprise the court as to what was actual reality in respect of state law colleges including Madurai law colleges in regard to conduct of Tamil Medium courses.
