ORDER

1. Issue notice in the fresh writ petitions.

2. Standing Counsel for the concerned States, Union of India and Medical Council of India appear and accept notice for the respective parties.

3. In these writ petitions, Regulation 9(IV) and (VII), after amendment dated 05.04.2018 – Regulation 9(4) and (8) of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, as framed by the Medical Council of India, are under challenge.

4. To get a comprehensive idea, Regulation 9, to the extent relevant up to sub-regulation (8), reads as follows:-

“9. Procedure for selection of candidate for Postgraduate courses shall be as follows:-

(1) There shall be a uniform entrance examination to all medical educational institutions at the Postgraduate level namely ‘National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test’ for admission to postgraduate courses in each academic year and shall be conducted under the overall supervision of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

(2) The “designated authority” to conduct the ‘National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test’ shall be the National Board of Examination or any other body/organization so designated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government