NAGENDRA RAI, J.

1. The common questions of law and facts are involved in all the above seven cases and as such they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. There are two petitioners in C.W.J.C. No. 3862 of 1992(R) and single petitioner in all other six writ applications. They have filed the present writ applications under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 18-6-1992 issued by the Principal, Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad who is one of the respondents in all these writ applications by which the admissions of the petitioners against 15% all India quota in Patliputra Medical College in first year M.B.B.S. course in sessions 1990-91 and 1991-92 have been cancelled on the ground that he was informed by Dr. Girish Tayal, Assistant Director General (ME), Directorate General of Health Services (Medical Examination Cell), Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, one of the respondents in all these writ applications, vide letter dated 11/06/1992 that the petitioners have obtained admission on the basis of forged documents and the letter of allotment on the basis of which they took admission were not genuine and did