M.L.KOUL, J.

1. The petitioner, who is blind by birth and virtually handicapped, has filed this petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to admit him to B.Ed. Course against one of the reserved seats kept earmarked for physically handicapped persons by the authorities. The petitioner, who is 100 per cent blind, passed his B.A. examination in Ist Division from the Punjab University in the year 1990 and appeared in the Combined Entrance Test held by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, on 3-7-1994 for selection of students for admission to B.Ed. Course in the State of Punjab. He obtained 122 out of 250 marks, i.e., 49 per cent marks, as is clear from the result card (Annexure P 3) provided to him. As the petitioner qualified the Combined Entrance Test with good percentage of marks, so he became eligible for admission to B.Ed. Course in any College of Education in the State of Punjab. He submitted his admission form in both the Colleges of Education at Patiala and Faridkot. There were 180 seats available in the Government College of Education, Patiala, and 100 seats in the Governmen