Mr. R.K. AGRAWAL, A.C.J. and Mr. N. PAUL VASANTHA KUMAR, J.

1. These writ petitions are filed by 14 second MBBS students praying for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai-25, to implement Regulation 7(7) of the Graduate Medical Education, 1997, by permitting them to join the main batch of II MBBS students (2011-2012 batch).

2. The case of the petitioners in brief are that the petitioners have joined in the first year MBBS course in the year 2011-2012 and completed the first year course. They also appeared for the first MBBS examinations conducted by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in August, 2012. As the petitioners could not obtain 50% of marks in each paper separately, they were declared fail and they appeared for the supplementary examinations (I MBBS) held in February, 2013 and all the petitioners have passed and now permitted to join in the second MBBS course. The grievance of the petitioners are that Regulation 7(7) of the Graduate Medical Education, 1997 framed under Section 33 of the MCI Act, 1956 mandates conducting supplementary examinations within six months to enable the students to pass and to join the main