ORDER

1. Permission to file SLP granted.

2. Leave granted.

3. Various candidates appeared in the entrance test (PMET, 2003) conducted by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot for admission to MBBS, BDS and other courses. The seats for MBBS were to be filled up in (i) Government Medical College, Patiala, (ii) Government Medical College, Amritsar, (iii) Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, (iv) Sri Guru Ram Dass Institute of Sciences and Medical Research (SGRD), Amritsar, and (v) DMC, Ludhiana. The entrance test was held on 29-6-2003. In order to appreciate the directions issued by the High Court, it would be appropriate to notice the merit position of the appellants who had challenged the grant of admissions to Respondents 9 to 13 in DMC, Ludhiana as under:

S.No. NameRankCategory

1. Varinder Joshi (Petitioner 1) 189 General

2. Mohit Shakia (Petitioner 2) 192-do-

3.Ankit (Petitioner 3)233-do-

4.Richa Garg (Petitioner 4)261-do-

5.Vivek Bansal (Petitioner 5)265-do-

6. Renu Bala (Petitioner 6) 270-do-

7. Deepak Garg (Petitioner 7)326-do-

8.Gumoor Channi (Respondent 10) 372-do-

9. Muskan Dogra (Respondent 11)857-do-

10.Aikaj Jindal (Respondent 12)857-do-

11. Neha Sood (Responde