1. The petitioners in these batch of writ petitions have originally passed M.B.B.S. Examinations. Thereafter, they wrote the All India Entrance Examination in the year 2008 for doing Post Graduation in Medicine in different disciplines. The petitioners on being selected for the P.G. Courses, have undergone the said course in different colleges under non service category. The prospectus for the year 2008-2009 for admission to Post Graduate Diploma / Degree / M.D.S. / Five year M.Ch.(Neuro-Surgery) Courses was issued by the Selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai. It had stipulated several conditions. Paragraph 64 of the prospectus had stipulated payment of stipend and conditions relating to security amount.

2.Since the present writ petitions revolve around the conditions stipulated in the prospectus, it is necessary to extract the said condition, which is as follows:

STIPEND AND SECURITY AMOUNT :

64 (a)All Non Service candidates selected will be paid stipend and service candidates salary as per the Government Orders in force.

(b)The Government of Tamil Nadu is offering Medical Education including Post-Graduate and Higher Speciality Training th