P.JYOTHIMANI
K. Kuralarasan – Appellant
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The Secretary to Government, Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai & Others – Respondent
The writ petitioner challenges the Clause 42(iv) of the Instructions in the prospectus for M.B.B.S./B.D.S. admissions for 2009-10 issued by the second respondent in so far as it relates to the constitution of the Expert Committee for confirming the certificate issued by the District Medical Board and also for direction to admit the petitioner in M.B.B.S. Course in the quota reserved for the physically handicapped persons.
2. The petitioner, who belongs to Most Backward Class, is stated to suffer from 60% locomotor disability, which is stated to have been caused due to an accident that took place when the petitioner was 7 years old, by which his left leg was run over by a jeep, resulting in such permanent disability. The petitioners father is a farmer and the petitioner is the first generation literate in the family. He secured 1048 marks out of 1200 in Higher Secondary Examinations held in April, 2009. He applied for both Medical and Engineering Courses.
2(a). As per the prospectus 3% of seats are reserved for physically disabled candidates and the candidates with disability of 50% to 70% of lower limbs would be considered first and after that, if the seats are still ava
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