Order

The petitioner passed his Intermediate Examination conducted by the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, U.P. and subsequently appeared in the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The petitioner qualified in the entrance examination and was informed vide communica­tion dated 10-7-1998 that allotments to medical colleges would be made by the Directorate General of Health Services. Later on, the petitioner was informed by the Assistant Director General, Health Services on 14.9.1998 that he had been allotted a seat for admission to MBBS at Dr. V.M. Medical College, Solapur. On being approached, the College, however, on 28.9.1998, refused admission to the petitioner. The As­sistant Director, General, Health Services, on being so apprised by the petitioner, wrote to the Medical College at Solapur on 7.10.1998, advising them to admit the petitioner who had qualified in the en­trance test against 15% All India Quota. The College, however, ex­pressed its inability to do so on 13th October, 1998. The request of the petitioner to the Assistant Director General, Health Services to secure him admission in