V. Ramasubramanian, J.

The petitioners, whose aspirations to join MBBS/BDS course in the past did not fructify and who seek to make it at least for the current academic Year 2017-2018, have come up with these writ petitions questioning the action of the respondents in not according appropriate priority to the certificates obtained by them in NCC, while considering their claim under the quota reserved for NCC.

2. Heard Mr. K.G. Krishna Murthy, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners in W.P.No.24798 of 2017, M/s. C. Raghu, and Mr. K. Jyothi Prasad, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners in other writ petitions. We have also heard the learned Government Pleader of both the States, Mr. A. Prabhakar Rao, learned standing counsel appearing for Kaloji Narayana Rao University, Mr. Taddi Nageswara Rao, learned counsel appearing for Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Mr. B. Narayana Reddy, learned Assistant Solicitor General for the Directorate of NCC and Mr. Vivek Chandrasekhar, learned counsel appearing for Medical Council of India.

3. A horizontal reservation of 1% out of the total number of seats available for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in the erstwhile com