JUDGMENT :

M.M. Das, J. - As common questions of law & facts arise in all the aforesaid Writ Petitions, they were heard together & are disposed of by this common Judgment.

2. Each of the Petitioners in the aforesaid writ petitions have prayed for issuance of a direction to the Opp. Parties to extend additional weightage of 10% of the marks secured by the Petitioners for computing their ranking in the entrance examination for taking admission to Post Graduate (Meciical) Courses, 2009. An additional prayer has been made in W.P. (C) Nos. 1952, 5551 & 5552 of 2009 to issue a further direction to the Opp. Party - State to modify the circular dated 3.1.1997 incorporating the P.H.C. Areas as described under the National Health Plan, 1983 & thereby including the PHC areas, where the Petitioners in the aforesaid three writ petitions have served, as Tribal areas basing on the percentage of tribal population in the said areas. The concerned R.H.Cs in the aforesaid three writ petitions are P.H.C., Anandapur, P.H.C., Fakirpur & P.H.C., Panasadlha in the district of Keonjhar.

3. In course of argument, it was submitted by Mr. B. Routray, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner in one of the to writ petit