JUDGMENT :

(Prayer in W.P.No.31921/2017: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the Respondents to immediately discharge all the illegally admitted P.G.Medical students during the Academic year 2017-18 and allow the Petitioners to join the P.G.Medical courses in the Respondent Colleges 9 to 15 during the next Academic year 2018-19 to the respective Colleges and Courses for which they were duly selected during the Academic year 2017-18 through NEET based Centralised counselling conducted by the 3rd Respondent.)

1. The issues involved in all the Writ Petitions are common/inter-connected and hence all the Writ Petitions are taken up together and this common order is passed. These batch of Writ Petitions were entirely heard through video conferencing on the consent given by either sides and apart from the regular hearings during working days, permission was also granted by the Hon’ble Chief Justice to hear the cases on a holiday namely, on 26.09.2020. The hearing was concluded on 26.09.2020 and orders w