ORDER :

A.P. SAHI, J.

This legal battle has been brought forth practically by all the major political parties of the State and a couple of individual candidates seeking admission regarding reservations for the Other Backward Classes in the All India Quota seats contributed/surrendered by the State relating to Under Graduate and Post Graduate medical courses in the State Government/Union Territory and the Aided Medical Colleges, the admissions whereto are regulated by the Medical Council of India and the Dental Council of India. The concern has been expressed by political forums and this is a unique litigation where the State Government in power in Tamil Nadu has also joined hands on an equal footing with the other petitioners to press forward the implementation of such reservation.

2. All the thirteen writ petitions before us broadly raise one issue, namely, that of non implementation of the policy and percentage of reservation for Other Backward Classes in the State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry, to the extent as provided for – 69% (50% for Other Backward Ca