1. The appeals arise from a common judgment disposing of O. P. Nos. 4873, 5006, 5004, 5188 and 5449 of 1974. The Original Petitions raise the same question that has been dealt with in the judgment which gave rise to the appeals.

2. The points raised in arguments advanced in the Writ Appeals and the Original Petitions by counsel were also common. We shall therefore dispose of the Writ Appeals and the Original Petitions by this common judgment.

3. The facts of the Original Petitions disposed of by the common judgment which is under appeal in the Writ Appeals have been stated in Para.1 to 6 of the judgment. We shall extract those paragraphs:

"The petitioners in these Original Petitions applied for admission to the first M.B.B.S. course for the year 1974-75. But they did not get admission. The petitioners who belong to communities which are socially and educationally backward, question the constitutionality of the restriction imposed in G. O P. 208/66/Edn. dated 2-5-1966 (Ext. P-1 in. O. P. No. 4873 of 1974) which insists that only applicants who are members of families whose aggregate annual income is below Rs. 6000/- will be entitled to admission to the seats reserved for st