JUDGMENT :

Arup Kumar Goswami, J.

1. Heard Mr. Devesh G. Kela, learned counsel for the appellants. Also heard Ms. Astha Shukla, learned Government Advocate, appearing for the respondents.

2. This writ appeal is presented against an order dated 10.02.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPC No.749 of 2022, dismissing the writ petition.

3. The two petitioners had appeared in NEET PG-2017 and on the basis of their merit position, they were allotted seats of M.S. Ophthalmology in Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur by letter dated 30.05.2017.

4. Admissions are regulated in terms of Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Snatakottar Pravesh Niyam, 2017 (for short, 'the Rules of 2017').

5. Section 11 (1) of the Rules of 2017 reads as follows :

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