G. B. PATNAIK, J.

( 1 ) IN this batch of writ petitions, the legality of the Prospectus prescribing "oriya" as a subject in the Entrance Test and further prescribing fifty per cent of the marks in Oriya to be secured in order to be eligible to be considered for admission to the M. B. B. S. Course is the point in issue. The petitioners in O. J. Cs. Nos. 2586, 2893, 3054, 3266 and 3537 of 1986 had appeared at the Entrance Test held for the academic session 1986-87 and petitioners in O. J. C. No. 2662 of 1987 have appeared at the Entrance Test that has been held during this year, but the results have not yet been declared. It is the common case of the petitioners in all these writ petitions that the admission to the M. B. B. S. Course in three different Colleges in the State as well as the M. B. B. S. Course in Government Medical Colleges including the Dental Wing of the S. C. B. Medical College is made through an Entrance Test. For that purpose every year a prospectus is issued. Para 8 of the Prospectus deals with the Entrance Examination. Para 8. 7 provides :-"there shall be one question paper in the Entrance Examination consisting of multiple choice objective type questions coveri