Judgment

O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.: - Special leave granted.

2. This appeal by the State of U. P., the Director of Medical Education and Principal, Motilal Nehru Medical College is directed against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court by which the Post Graduate medical courses scheduled to commence in January 1987 has been advanced to July 1986 at the instance of some students (now doctors) who joined the medical college in August-September, 1979. The duration of the MBBS course is four and half years. After that, students are expected to do internship for one year and a house-job for another year. This would take them altogether six and half years. In the ordinary course the students who commenced the MBBS course in August-September, 1979 would have completed the MBBS course internship and house-job by December, 1985 and would have been eligible for admission to the Post Graduate course which was to commence in January, 1986, but which actually commenced in March, 1986. Unfortunately for some reasons with which we are now not concerned, they were able to finish the full course in June, 1986 only. The result was that they were unable to apply for admission to the Post Graduate Cours