( 1 ) COMMON questions of law and fact have been raised in the present two petitions and it is, therefore, appropriate to decide both the petitions by a common judgment.

( 2 ) TO appreciate the controversy in question, few relevant facts of Special civil Application No. 6659 of 1992 may be stated : petitioner Sejal Vikrambhai Patel has filed this petition for an appropriate writ, direction or order restraining the respondent authorities fron insisting the acquisition of Indian Citizenship by the petitioner as a condition precedent for getting an admission to Psysiotherapy Course and by directing them to admit the petitioner by treating her as a citizen of India. Prayer is also made to declare Rule 1. 4 of the Rules for admission to the First M. B. B. S. Course at the Government Medical Colleges as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Arts. 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. It is prayed that the order Annexure m" to the petition, dated sept. 16, 1992 passed by Dean of B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad be quashed and set aside being contrary to law. It is the case of the petitioner that her father Vikrambhai Patel was born i