JUDGMENT

1. As Nos. 1-3 are allowed.

2. Special leave granted.

3. A group of Writ Petitions came to be disposed of by a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court speaking through Giani, J., on 21st August, 1993, which related to admission to the Medical and Dental Colleges in the said State. The present Special Leave Petitions are directed against the Miscellaneous Petition No. 1904 (which was the main petition in which the judgment was rendered) and Miscellaneous Petition No. 1744 of 1992. Admission to the Medical Courses was governed by the Rules made by the State Government in that behalf, Chapter 3 whereof is relevant for our purpose. Rule 3.3 provides for reservation of seats. It posits that a minimum of 15 per cent seats shall be reserved each for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates. In pursuance of this Rule, out of the total number of seats available, 87 seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates and an equal number for Scheduled Tribes candidates. Rule 3.3.3 provided that in case eligible candidates to the extent of reservation in any reserved category are not available, the vacancies of the reserved category will be filled from the waiting list