( 1 ) THE petitioner passed his M. B. B. S. examination in 1998 from Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad. After completing his internship, he was enrolled for house job at Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital, Allahabad (in brief KNMH ). He worked as House Surgeon in the Department of Radiation and Oncology from 6-1-2000 to 31-12-2000. He qualified in the primary examination conducted by the National Board of Examinations (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India), New Delhi, the respondent No. 3 (in brief NBE) in July 2000. On 20-11-2000 an advertisement was published in newspaper Amar Ujala inviting applications for admission to Diplomate of National Board (DNB course) in Radiotherapy for the Session 2001. Petitioner applied and appeared in the objective written test on 12-12-2000 and was successful. Thereafter, on 13-12-2000 he appeared in interview. There were two seats in DNB course in Radiotherapy and the petitioner was the only2 candidate who had applied for Radiotherapy DNB courses. According to the guidelines framed by KNMH on 9-12-2000 for selection of DNB candidate, a candidate must obtain 50% marks for qualifying in theory examination and