Janarthanam, J.

Challenging the selection of students for Professional Course for the academic year 1994-95, a batch of writ petitions C.S.R.Bhupeshkar v. The Secretary, Selection Committee, Madras and another, W.P.No.12517 of 1994 etc., batch of cases had been filed and they were heard at length, by a Division Bench of this Court, comprising one of us (Raju, J.) and AR.Lakshmanan, J. By a common order dated 111. 1994, the said Bench referred those matters to a Full Bench on the following reasoning:

“14. After careful consideration of all these we are of the view that these writ petitions deserve as also are required to be considered by a larger Bench than a Division Bench. Some of the issues particularly one relating to the reservation in excess of 50%, the validity of T.N. Act 45 of 1994 and the applicability of reservation policy to Payment Seats, involve substantial questions of Law relating to the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution and are of great general and public importance. Further, we find that some of the issues though have been raised and answered on more than one occasion by various Benches (single, as well as Division Benches) relentlessl