ORDER

1. The Medical Council of India (`MCI' for short), the Petitioner herein, challenges the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 2.5.2008 in a batch of writ petitions filed by students possessing medical qualifications from a foreign University, directing (i) MCI to grant provisional registration under Section 25(1) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (`Act' for short) to all those students who have completed the screening test in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(4A) of the Act read with Screening Tests Regulations, 2002 (`Screening Regulations' for short); and (ii) MCI/State Medical Council, as the case may be, to grant permanent registration under Section 25(4) and Section 15 of the Act on the production of valid certificates in proof of completion of compulsory internship for one year.

2. The private Respondents are students who claim that they have completed the MBBS course in International Medical and Technological University (`IMT University' for short), a foreign University situated in Tanzania. The said university was established in Tanzania, by Vignan Education Foundation, an organization based in India. They fall under two categories. The first ca