Challenge in this Writ Petition is to the allocation of one and only seat in the Higher Speciality Course – Endocrine Surgery exclusively to in-service candidates. Petitioner is aggrieved against the selection of 5th Respondent for M.Ch. Endocrine Surgery for the academic year 2008-2009.

2. In nutshell, case of the Petitioner is as follows:-

(i) Petitioner possessed P.G. (M.S) Degree in General Surgery. He has applied for 3 years Super Speciality Courses in Tamil Nadu Government Medical Colleges. As the candidate is eligible to give two options, Petitioner applied for M.Ch. Courses in surgical Oncology as first option and Endocrine Surgery as second option. In M.Ch. Endocrine Surgery, there is only one seat available in Tamil Nadu i.e. in Madras Medical College. As per the open merit list put up for Endocrine Surgery, Petitioners name was placed at No.1 with 73 total marks followed by Amudhan (service candidate) with 71.25 marks and 5th Respondent - Zahir Hussain (service) with 69.25 marks. List for counselling was put up for M.Ch. Courses in Endocrine Surgery contained only the names of service candidates and did not contain the name of the Petitioner. Petitioner filed W