JUDGMENT

KRISHNA IYER, J.:— The petitioner, an aspirant for admission to the M.B.B.S. course in one or other of the medical colleges in Kerala, has failed to qualify for selection from the Kerala University pool, not having secured high enough marks, and has failed to fall within the Calicut University pool, not having been a student of that University.

2. What is urged, as a claim for inclusion, is that had she been treated as a Calicut University student her marks would have been sufficient to gain admission and since she belongs to the 839 Malabar region, which is broadly served by the Calicut University, she should be given the benefit of Calicut University students and consequential admission - a mixture of district-wise backwardness and university-wise preference to reach the desired advantage.

3. We cannot agree. Under the existing scheme, the classification for purposes of quota is University-wise, not territory-wise. Belonging to backward Calicut District is not the same as being an alumnus of the Calicut University. May be, the State could have classified candidates university-wise, backward region-wise or otherwise, separately or in any constitutionally permissible combina