JUDGMENT :

Ashok Bhushan, J.

The appellants, ten in numbers, have filed this appeal against the Division Bench Judgment of the High Court of Kerala dated 04.01.2018 by which their writ petition challenging the order of Admission Supervisory Committee dated 03.06.2017 has been dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case which need to be noted for deciding this appeal are:

The Malabar Medical College and Research Centre has sanctioned intake capacity of 150 students in MBBS Course. With effect from 2016-2017 admission in MBBS Course was to be conducted on the basis of NEET examination. This Court vide its order dated 06.05.2016 in Sankalp Charitable Trust and another vs. Union of India and others, (2016) 7 SCC 487, has directed that no examination shall be permitted to be held for admission to MBBS or BDS studies by any private college or association or any private/deemed university. All admissions in the MBBS Course were to be done on the basis of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). All the appellants appeared in the NEET examination and declared qualified with their respective ranks. The State of Kerala has issued various Government orders pertaining to admission procedure in