JUDGMENT - S.S. PARKAR, J.:---Heard Mr. Paranjape for the petitioner and Mrs. Gokhale, A.G.P. for the respondent-State.

2.By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution the petitioner has challenged the rejection of the application made by his son for admission to medical course in Bombay. The petition also seeks to challenge the provision of eligibility contained in Rule 3 enacted by the Government for the purpose of giving admission to the children of Defence Personnel in Government Medical and Dental Colleges.

3.The petitioner is serving in the Indian Army holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was commissioned in the Indian Army on 12-5-1974 and was posted in State of Punjab, U.P. and Maharashtra between the years from 1974 to 1980. After the birth of his son by name Shishir in July 1980 he was posted in the State of Rajasthan, U.P. Punjab and Assam. His son had passed his S.S.C. from Punjab and thereafter did his 11th and 12th standard in Science from Maharashtra. He passed his H.S.C. examination by obtaining 92% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Maths Group and 91.66% marks in the Group of Physics, Chemistry and Biology and about 90% marks in the aggregate. He

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