D. Murugesan, J.

This writ petition raises an important question as to whether a scheduled caste candidate, who has the origin of Union Territory of Puducherry, would be disentitled to seek for admission to First Year M.B.B.S. Degree course in any one of the colleges run within the said Union Territory solely on the ground that her parents did not continuously reside in the Union Territory of Puducherry for not less than five years immediately preceding the date of application?

2. The petitioner, by name D. Rajasree, (hereinafter will be referred to as the candidate) is represented by her father. The candidate belongs to Adi Dravida community notified under the Presidential Order. Her father is a native of Kirumampakkampet, Puducherry. While he was working in the Public Works Department, Puducherry, he got selected as an Assistant Advisor (PHE) in the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. By virtue of such selection, he had moved to New Delhi with the family to take up the new assignment. Therefore, admittedly, he and his family members did not reside in the Union Territory of Puducherry for a period of five years immediately preceding the date of applicati