( 1 ) COMBINED Pre-Medi- cal Test (for short, C. P. M. T.) is held every year in accordance with the orders of the State Government issued under Section 28 (5) of the U. P. State Universities Act, 1973. This test is conducted by one of the State Universities, and admissions to all the State medical Colleges and the King George Medical College, Lucknow, are made out of the candidates obtaining the highest position in this test subject to various reservations. We are not concerned in this case with reservations.

( 2 ) THE petitioner was one of the general candidates. Four papers are set for the test, each containing 100 questions, each carrying three marks. Thus the maximum marks of all the papers come to 1200. The petitioner secured 875 marks at the last C. P. M. T. All the general candidates who had secured up to 881 marks and some of those who had secured 880 marks have been able to secure admission. Two of the candidates who obtained 880 marks and others who secured less marks are still in the waiting list. The petitioners contention is that if the proper marking had been done then he would have secured more marks than 880.

( 3 ) AFTER the C. P. M. T. was held, co