ORDER

1. These special leave petitions are by the Convenor of the MBBS/BDS Selection Board of the State of Orissa and arise out of the common judgment and order dated 16-12-1993 of the High Court of Orissa in a batch of writ petitions.

From the Judgment and Order dated 16-12-1993 of the High Court of Orissa, Cuttack in OJC Nos. 6126, 7333-34, 7358, 7397, 7532, 7570, 7589, 7600, 7749, 7887, 8242, 8249, 8259, 8275, 8284, 8511 and 8593 of 19932. The matter pertains to the conduct of examinations for the selection of candidates for admission to the MBBS/BDS courses commencing from the academic year 1993-94. The entrance examinations were held on 22-8-1993.

3. The grievance of the writ petitioners before the High Court was that some of the objective-type questions in the entrance examination contained patently incorrect propositions and the key-answers on which the valuation of those questions proceeded were manifestly, scientifically and verifiably fallacious.

4. The broad tests guiding the exercise of Courts jurisdiction in such academic matters are indicated in the pronouncement of this Court in Kanpur University v. Samir Gupta.

5. The High Court on an appreciation of the matter and after