JUDGMENT :

Deeply aggrieved by the reduction of grace marks for sports quota in the KEAM-2020 examination being conducted by the Government of Kerala, the petitioners who are students with achievements in sports, are before this Court. They seek to quash Ext.P4 and P4(a) and also Ext.P1 to the extent it vests powers on the Government for modification/addition/deletion of the prospectus without specifying conditions of circumstances under which such modification/addition/deletion can be effected.

2. The petitioners are applicants for admission to professional degree courses. Admission to the said courses are made through the examination called KEAM-2020. As per Clause 5.2.16 of Ext.P1 prospectus governing admission, the petitioners are eligible to get 61 marks. Ext.P1 was issued on 30.01.2020. On 10.02.2020, the Government of Kerala issued Ext.P4 order revising the existing criteria for allotting grace marks for sports quota admission to professional degree courses in Kerala. By serial No.53 to the said GO, the grace mark allocable to the candidates belonging to the sports category to which the petitioners belong, was reduced to 48. The petitioners contend that prospectus to admission