ORDER

In TMA Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, 2002 (8) SCC 481, this Court indicated the manner in which admissions to professional and non-professional colleges could be regulated depending upon whether they are aided or non-aided institutions or whether they are the minority or non-minority institutions and several guidelines were set out therein. Medical Council for India sent a letter on 11th February, 2003 drawing attention of the Educational Institutions, Medical Colleges and Universities as well as Government of India to the decision in Civil Appeal No. 5166 of 2001 [MCI v. Madhu Singh & Ors.] as to the necessity of commencement of the academic session on 1st August of each year and admissions should be completed by 30th September of the concerned year and no admission shall be made by the admitting agency beyond 30th September of the concerned year. The Government of Gujarat formed a Joint Admission Committee on 3rd May, 2003. The Government of Gujarat permitted the management of respective colleges to fill up 80% of the seats as indicated in clause (3) in respect of self-finance institutes by stating that in private self-finance medical, dental or physiotherapy institu