Judgment

RANGANATH MISRA, J.:- This is an interlocutory application at the instance of the respondents in the Writ Petitions where the following directions of this Court have been asked for:

(i) grant time to State of Uttar Pradesh for implementing judgment and order dated 25th September, 1987 and commence the session for post-graduate education from 2nd May, 1990 in all the seven medical colleges;

(ii) further permit the State of Uttar Pradesh to hold the competitive examination for admitting the post-graduate students for the year 1990 through the University of Lucknow; and

(iii) pass such other and further orders as it may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.

2. The main judgment of this Court was delivered on 22nd June, 1984, in Dr. Pradeep Jain v. Union of India, (1984) 3 SCR 942. By a subsequent order made on 21st July, 1986, this Court directed that the total number of seats for admission to post-graduate courses in each medical college or institution on the basis of All India Entrance Examination shall be limited to 25% and such examination would be held by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at New Delhi.

3. By order dated September 25, 1967*, this Court made