ORDER :

Petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking mainly the following relief:-

“(i) That the notice dated 19.03.2022 (Annexure P7) may kindly be quashed and set aside and the respondents may kindly be directed to allow the petitioner to participate in the Mop Up round/Extended Mop Up round (if any) counseling.”

2. Mr. Ajay Chandel, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner had appeared in the test for taking admission to Post Graduate (MD/MS) course in September 2021 and had qualified the same. As per the Prospectus for admission in Government Medical Colleges of the State issued in December, 2021, 50% of the seats were to be filled up from State Quota. Petitioner was selected against 50% State Quota for PG (MD/MS) seat. Petitioner could not get any seat in the first counselling. Thereafter, petitioner appeared in the second counselling, which was held in February, 2022 and was allocated seat in Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla under State Quota in MD (Anesthesia). A notice was issued by respo