( 1 ) THESE appeals are against an order directing the consideration of the petitioner for admission to post-graduate medical courses against the reserved seat for Scheduled Caste in 15% quota meant for non-locals in terms of regulation 3 of the Regulations for admission to "post-graduate Medical Courses" and if any person is selected against the said reserved seat, the same shall be cancelled and would be made available to such persons entitled to such admission.

( 2 ) THE Division Bench noticed the conflict in the decision in P. Chinnayya v. Nitesh Narayan, 1998 (4) ALD 584 (DB ). Decision arose out of the judgment of learned single Judge in Nitesh Narayan v. University of Health Sciences, 1998 (1) ALD 474 and an earlier Division Bench judgment of this Court in Registrar, University of Health Sciences v. M. D. Ishak, 1990 (1) An WR 220 (DB ). The pristine question, referred to the Full Bench is :-Whether the reservations in terms of Article 15 (4) of the Constitution of India in favour of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes could be provided even in respect of 15% of the unreserved seats under the Presidential Order, 1974?

( 3 ) THE petitioner is a Scheduled Ca

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