JUDGMENT

DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

1. This petition is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh whereby the petition filed by the petitioner for extending time for carrying out admissions to post graduate and superspeciality courses in Medical and Dental Colleges in the State of Chhattisgarh was dismissed.

2. The main contention raised on behalf of the petitioner is that the State did not conduct the counselling within time; the State did not give proper publicity to the reduction of the cut-off marks for admission to Post Graduate Courses; the State did not send the list of eligible candidates as per the judgment in Dar-us-Slam Educational Trust and Ors. v. MCI and Ors. [WP (C) No. 267/2017]. Lastly, it is contended that a large number of seats are lying vacant which will result in wastage of seats.

3. In Ashish Ranjan & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. [WP (C) No. 76/2015], this Court laid down a schedule to be followed for admission to medical colleges. This schedule, as approved by this Court, must be followed to ensure that medical education standards are not lowered as per the schedule laid down in Ashish Ranjan case (supra). The 1st round of counselli