JUDGMENT

C.K. Thakker, J.—The present petition is filed by the petitioner for a writ of Mandamus and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the State of Haryana and other respondent authorities to grant admission to the petitioner in Bachelor of Dental Surgery (‘BDS’ for short) in Open Category in Government Dental College, Rohtak respondent No. 8 for the academic year 2004-05 and also to grant other reliefs which this Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he is a citizen of India and permanent resident of Faridabad. He is pursuing the BDS course in the first year in M.M. College of Dental Sciences & Research, Mullana – respondent No. 5 which is affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (‘MDU’ for short), respondent No. 2 herein invited applications for “Common Entrance Examination, 2004” (‘CEE’ for short) for admission to MBBS/BDS in medical/dental colleges/institutes of the State of Haryana. Since the petitioner was eligible and was desirous of joining medical/dental course, he applied for the aforesa