P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS batch of 104 Writ Petitions, referred to a Bench by an order of one of us (Venkatesam, J.) as they raise important Constitutional issues, challenges the reservations made by the Rules for selection of candidates for admission to the Integrated M. B. B. S. course in the Andhra and the Telangana are, issued through G O. Ms. No. 1135 and 1136, Health, Hoasins and Municipal Administration Department dated the 16/06/1966, of these, 84 are from the Andhra area and 20 are from the Telangana area. In the main the impugned reservations are common to both the areas, except in so far as they have been indicated hereafter.

( 2 ) IN the Telangana area, the Seats for admission available in the Osmania Medical College are 150 while those in the Gandhi Medical College are 120; and applications for admission to these 270 seats were invited for the academic year 1966-67. Similarly for the Andhra area, the seats for which applications were called for are 150 in the Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam 150 in the Guntur Medical College; 150 in the Kurnool Medical College and 100 in the Sri Venkateswara Medical College; -- making in all 550 seats.

( 3 ) IN the Telang

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