1. In the Kerala State, the imbroglio in the field of admissions to medical courses continues unabatedly every year, without any solution in sight in the near future. Sadly, it appears as if for some reason or other, every step taken by the government in the field of admissions to medical courses only adds to the confusion every time. In these writ petitions, the scene shifts to the field of admissions to super-speciality postgraduate medical courses in Kerala, for this year. Since the issues arising in all these writ petitions are one and the same, these writ petitions have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. For convenience in preparing judgment, unless otherwise specifically indicated otherwise, the rank of parties and exhibits referred to herein below shall be as obtaining in W.P. (C) No.16039/10.

2. The petitioners herein are aspirants for admissions to the super-speciality postgraduate medical courses in various disciplines in the merit stream, who are aggrieved by certain eligibility criteria fixed by the government in the prospectus for admissions to those courses, except the petitioner in W.P. (C) No. 24829/10. Ext. P1 is the pr