V. Bhaskaran Nambiar, J.

1. Principles of selection for admission to the post graduate course in General Medicine in the Medical Colleges in this State for the year 1985-86 are challenged in these two writ petitions.

2. Two doctors. Dr. P. M. Mansoor and Dr. K. Shyam, sat for an entrance examination conducted by the Kerala Government and have, at present, to be content with the 6th and 7th places in the wait list, with no prospect of securing admission to the M. D. course in General Medicine.

3. According to the prospectus issued on the basis of the relevant Government orders, reservations are mainly made on the following basis: -

(a) 10% reserved for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes.

(b) 10% reserved for Assistant Surgeons/Civil Surgeons etc. of the Health Services Department (Clause (d)

(c) 30% reserved for Tutors in Medical Colleges under the Government (clause (e)).

(d) There is a further provision which says that if any of these seats reserved for Tutors in the Medical Colleges service remained unfilled, those seats will be filled up by the Health Service staff and if any of these seats reserved for Health Services staff remained unfilled, those seats will be filled by the T