( 1 ) AT issue, is the very important constitutional question as to whether area reservation basing on the residence in a particular region of a State of Andhra Pradesh prevails over the class reservation envisaged under Article 15 (4) of the Constitution of India relating to admissions into educational institutions and more particularly, postgraduate medical courses.

( 2 ) BOTH the writ petitions pertain to admission into M. S. Orthopaedics of Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences - a State-wide Institution - which is the deemed University. Reservations to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes are in the ratio of 6:15:25 respectively. The following table, in various disciplines shows the number of seats conforming to the above ratio of reservation : With M. S. Orthopaedics consisting of 4 seats, with which we arc concerned, reservation of one seat each for B. C. and S. T. has been provided in the above discipline. Dr. Satyam, the appellant in W. A. No. 141 of 1996 (arising out of W. P. No. 29820/1995) who belongs to B. C. B category had obtained 107 marks and claimed preference for admission over Dr. Jayabharath Reddy from Andhra University area. His case is that,

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