( 1 ) RULE D. B.

( 2 ) THE petitioners are the candidates of Nursery Teachers Part-I. who have been given admission by the Institute of Child Education after having undertaking admission test. They completed their education. The Director of Education vide his letter dated 24. 1. 1991. I, informed the Principal, Institute of Child Education, respondent no. 4 that the present petitioners who are 26 in no. are not eligible for admission and irregular admissions have been done in spite of registered letter no. 2785 dated 9. 7. 90 whereby respondent no. 4 was required to act as per the public notice regarding admission. The Principal was informed that the candidates should not be permitted to take examination of 1991 unless the admissions are rectified according to the eligiblility condition. In the advertisement issued by the Director, an eligibility condition was imposed that in the previous examination, the candidate should have obtained 50% marks an aggregate. It is only such candidates who would be eligible to be given admission in the Nursery Teachers Training Course.

( 3 ) THE whole controversy in this petition is as to whether such a condition can be imposed by the Dir