JUDGMENT

Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J. - These proceedings under Article 32 have been instituted by two students from Ladakh. They have been nominated by the Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh for admission to the MBBS degree course under the 'central pool' seats set apart by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. One of them has been allocated against a seat at Lady Hardinge Medical College ("LHMC"). The other has been assigned to Maulana Azad Medical College ("MAMC"). Unfortunately, these students have not yet been admitted to their course of studies despite due nomination by the Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh and in terms of the seats notified by the Union Government. We have been constrained to take up the issue under Article 32, since the fundamental rights of students from Ladakh to pursue professional education are implicated. We will in the course of this judgment deal of course with the grievance of the two students. But we intend to deal with the issue on a systemic basis so that other students who may lack resources, or simp