Judgment

SUBBA RAO, J. : (For himself, Sinha C.J.I. and Raghubar Dayal and N. Rajagopala Ayyangar JJ.)

These two appeals raise the question of the validity of the Orders made by the Government of Mysore in respect of admissions to Engineering and Medical Colleges in the State of Mysore. The facts may be briefly stated: In the State of Mysore there are a number of Engineering and Medical Colleges - most of them are Government Colleges and a few of them are Government aided Colleges. The State Government appointed a common selection committee for settling admissions to the Engineering Colleges and another. Common selection committee for settling admissions to Medical Colleges. The Government by an order dated July 26, 1963, marked as Ex. C in the High Court, defined Backward Classes and directed that 30 per cent. of the seats in professional and technical colleges and institutions shall be reserved for them and 18 per cent. to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. On July 6, 963, the Government sent a letter to the Director of Technical Education in Mysore, Bangalore, informing him that it had been decided that 25 per cent. of the maximum marks for the examination in the optio