B. N. MISRA, C. J.

( 1 ) EACH of these applications under Article 226 of the Constitution is by a doctor in the employment of the State and challenge in each of these applications is to the weightage provided under Clause 5 (1) (b) of the Prospectus for admission into the Post-Graduate Courses at the three Medical Colleges of the State and outside the State for the Session 1981-82. As a common question has been raised in all these applications and counsel for both sides submitted common arguments at a combined hearing, we propose to dispose of all these five applications by a common judgment.

( 2 ) IN all these cases except O. J. Cs. 1962 and 2294 of 1981, the facts pleaded are these. The petitioners are Medical Graduates in the employment of the State. While the petitioner of O. J. C. No. 2010 of 1981 is a member of the Scheduled Caste, the petitioner in each of the other two cases is not. Medical service under the State Government is divided into two broad categories: (a) teaching posts confined to the three Medical Colleges being the S. C. B. Medical College at Cuttack. the M. K. C. G. Medical College at Berhampur and the V. S. S. Medical College at Burla affiliated to the Utk