( 1 ) THIS is professional courses admissions time in the State. Inevitably, it is the time for the complimentary annual event - challenges to the admission programmes to professional courses of study. The accommodation of the numerous, competing and conflicting claims to special treatment and opportunities for admissions to higher courses of professional studies, engender very complex adjustments for accommodating the several sectoral interests. The complexities increase every year and fertilise the contestable positions. The litigation has thus become regnant. The latest conflict in this area is presented to us. The conflict has a legal disposition. We, therefore, proceed to adjudicate.

( 2 ) THIS batch of cases includes five (5) writ petitions - W. P. Nos. 4880, 5175, 5896, 6003 and 6244 of 2005 and W. A. No. 757 of 2005. The appeal is directed against an interlocutory order dated 15-3-2005 of a learned single Judge of this Court, rejecting w. P. M. P. No. 6872 of 2005 in W. P. No. 5175 of 2005 wherein the appellants-writ petitioners sought stay of counselling (for post-Graduate Medical seats) scheduled to be conducted from 14-3-2005.

( 3 ) ALL the petitioners