1. All these writ petitions are concerning a common issue and therefore they have been heard together.

2. The whole issue that is raised in these writ petitions is, whether the petitioners are entitled to get a direction to the respondents to re-evaluate the answer sheets in the common Entrance Examination held on 19.2.2012 for admission to Post Graduate courses in Medicine and Dental Surgery. The State and the party respondents have raised objections to the maintainability of the writ petitions on various grounds.

3. The writ petitions, viz. W.P.(C) Nos.10816/2012, 10968/2012 and 14614/2012 are in respect of petitioners who are seeking admission to the Post Graduate Degree Courses in Medicine, whereas the petitioners in W.P. (C) Nos.11315/2012, 11757/2012 and 12062/2012 are seeking admission to Post Graduate courses in various branches under the Dental Surgery.

4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners Shri N.J. Mathews, Shri Jacob P.Alex, Shri R.T. Pradeep, Shri P.R. Sreejith and Shri Anil S. Raj, learned Advocate General Shri K.P. Dandapani and learned Government Pleader Shri Roshan D. Alexander, appearing for the State, learned Senior Counsel Shri Kurian George Kann