( 1 ) IN this petition under Article 225 of the Constitution read with Article 14 thereof the petitioner who has passed higher secondary examination conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board has challenged the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the Petitioner for being admitted to 1st M. B. B. S. course conducted at B. J. Medical College Ahmedabad from June 1982. Respondent No. 3 who is the dean of the medical college has taken the view that the petitioner is not Eligible to be considered for admission to the said course in view of rule I of the rules for admission to first M. B. B. S. course and 1st B. D. S. course at andgovernment medical colleges as the petitioner cannot be said to have passed the qualifying examination for admission to the concerned course as defined by the said rule.

( 2 ) IN order to highlight the grievance of the petitioner in this petition a few relevant facts must be noted at the outset. The petitioner has passed the higher secondary examination taken by the Gujarat Higher Secondary Education Board in April 1981 from science stream. His result was declared in July 1981 and he secured 511 out of 800 marks whi