DAS, J.:- The three petitioners herein have questioned the legality and validity of the nomination of 5 candidates for admission into the Ist Year M. B. B. S. Course for the 1984-85 session in the medical college of Ranchi, Silchar and Gorakhpur. The intrinsic facts are that the Secretary, Medical, to the Government of Manipur published a notification dated 8-7-83 prescribing the minimum eligibility marks for general, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates for admission to the Regional Medical College at Imphal and the other medical colleges outside the State, namely, B. R. D. Medical Collage, Gorakhpur, Regional Medical College Silchar and Rajendra Medical College at Ranchi. Altogether 15 seats were reserved for the candidates from Manipur from Central Pool. About 400 candidates including the three petitioners appeared in the test examination held by the Selection Board on 22-7-84 for getting admission into the Ist year M. B. B. S. Course for the year 1984-85. On the basis of the said examination, the Selection Board published a select list on 23-7-84 of the selected candidates under the signatures of the Chairman and three Members of the Board. 38 candidates were