LODHA, J.—By these writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged reserva-tion of certain seats made by the Government of Rajasthan in the Medical Colleges run by it in the State. The petitioners have also challenged the notifica-tion No. F. 5(1) ME/68, dated 30th August, 1968 (Exhibit 3) by which the Govern-ment of Rajasthan raised the upper age limit for admission to Medical Colleges in Rajasthan from 21 years to 22 years. Since all these writ petitions raise identical questions, we consider it convenient to dispose them of by a single judgment.

2. All the petitioners passed the first year of the three years Degree Course (Science) Examination in the year 1968 and applied for admission to the various Medical Colleges of Rajasthan for the Session commencing from July 1968. It may be stated here that there are five Medical Colleges in the State of Rajasthan run by the Government, and they are located at Jaipur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Ajmer and all of them are affiliated to the University of Rajasthan. The last date for submission of applications for admission to the M.B.B.S. Classes of the said Medical Colleges was 25th June, 1968 and all the petitioners submitted their appl

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