JUDGMENT

Doraiswamy Raju, J.-The method and criteria to be followed in the matter of selection of candidates for admission to Post Graduate Degree and Diploma courses in Medicine from amongst Haryana Civil Medical Service (for short HCMS ) candidates for the academic session 1997 in Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences affiliated to Maharishi Dayanand University is the subject matter of controversy in these appeals. The controversy is limited to admission of 19 and 14 candidates respectively to Post Graduate Degree and Diploma courses in Medicine during the academic year in question for HCMS candidates and does not include any consideration of candidates either in open merit category or to be filled up on All India basis.

2. The petitioners before the High Court claimed that as per the norms and criteria proclaimed in the Prospectus issued by the medical college in question, selection for admission could be made only on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in the entrance examination held for the purpose. But the contesting respondents, some of whom are the appellants before this court as well as the State of Haryana contended that the marks obtained in