Judgment :-

K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellants, who have appeared in the Entrance Examination for Post-Graduate (Medical) Selection 2012, Odisha are challenging the validity of Clause 11.2 of the Prospectus for selection of candidates for Post-Graduate (Medical) Courses in the Government Medical Colleges of Odisha for the Academic Year, 2012, as violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

3. The appellants appeared in the entrance examination as ‘direct candidates’ (Open Category) and have qualified purely on merit for admission to Post Graduate (Medical) Courses 2012 in the Government Medical Colleges in Odisha. The Prospectus issued for Post-Graduate (Medical) Selection, 2012, Odisha deals with the availability of the seats both in the category of direct as well as in-service. Clause 4 of the Prospectus gives the category-wise details of the seats for P.G. (Medical) Courses in three Government Medical Colleges in Odisha for the Academic Year 2012. For the category MD/MS Course, in-service category, 87 seats are available and for direct category, 86 seats are available, totaling 173 seats. Appellants, who fall under the category of direct candidat