( 1 ) IN this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for issue of a writ of mandamus directing the Selection Committee constituted by the Government for making selection to the first year M. B. B. S. Course in the Medical Colleges in the state, to select and admit him for the 1st year M. B. B. S. course during the current academic year.

( 2 ) THE petitioner passed the Pre-Uni-versity examination securing 81. 33 per : cent marks in the optional subjects consisting of Physics, Chemistry and Biology. He submitted his application to the 1st resondent-Selection Committee seeking selection for admission for the first year m. B. B. S. course during the current academic year. In the application form the petitioner claimed that he is entitled to be selected against one of the seats reserved for backward communities. He produced the necessary certificate issued by the Tahsildar in support of his claim that he belongs to Ganiga Community which is one of the backward communities in whose favour the State Government has reserved certain number of seats in the medical Colleges in exercise of its power under Clause 4 of Article 15 of the Constitution. The necessary income and oth