V. CHITAMBARESH, J.

1. The issue boils down to the sharing of seats between the management of various self financing medical colleges and the Government for the Post Graduate Medical Courses, 2011. All these writ petitions are connected and I shall refer to the exhibits and parties in W.P.(C) No.16421 of 2011 filed by Kerala Christian Professional College Managements' Federation and another for the sake of convenience.

2. Ext.R1(c) is the No Objection Certificate issued by the government to start Post Graduate Courses as a pre-requisite for the grant of Essentiality Certificate and it inter alia reads as follows:-

"It is stated that Government have No Objection in starting Post Graduate courses by the Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, subject to the conditions that the institution shall fulfill all the requirements as fixed by the Medical Council of India and to share 50% of the seats to Government Merit Quota ...... (emphasis supplied)

Ext.R1(i) is the prospectus later issued by the Kerala Christian Professional College Managements' Federation for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses -2011. Clause 1.4 therein is as follows:-

1.4 This prosp