( 1 ) THE main points arising in this writ petition are whether the 33% quota for the MBBS graduates of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. New Delhi (hereinafter called "aiims") in Post Graduate courses in the same Institute is valid in law or on fact and whether there could also be discipline/department-wise quota in Post Graduate courses forthe said MBBS students of AIIMS ?

( 2 ) ON 3. 12. 1995 an all-India entrance examination for admission to Post Graduate courses in AIIMS was conducted. Any person who secured 55% in MBBS was eligible to take the examination The three writ petitioners in this writ petition, who are MBBS graduates from outside AIIMS, appeared for the said examination. They sought admission in Post Graduate courses for the January Session. AIIMS conducts examinations twice in a year for its January and July Sessions in Post Graduate courses. The prospectus was issued in September, 1995 declaring that selection shall be by merit of the candidates and that final list of the selected candidates w ill be prepared separately for each category and the seats will be filled accordingly. Each candidate has been permitted at the time of examinatio