J.S. Verma, J.

1. Petitioner No. 2 is the daughter of petitioner No 1. She had applied for admission to one of the Medical Colleges in the State for the M.B.B.S course commencing this year. She has not been admitted. Hence this petition claiming a writ of mandamus against the respondents to admit her to one of the Medical Colleges in the State.

2. The total number of seats to be filled this year in several Medical Colleges in the State was fixed, admittedly, at 720 in all. Later on, 10 more seats were increased in the Rewa Medical College for the sons and daughters of freedom fighters, but we are not concerned with these additional seats in the present case. A fixed percentage of seats out of the total number was reserved for some specified categories so that the final division of these 720 seats was made as follows:--

(1) General category ... ... 441 seats.

(2) Scheduled Castes ... ... 108 "

(3) Scheduled Tribes ... ... 108 "

(4) Freedom Fighters ... ... 21 "

(5) Military Personnel ... ... 21 "

(6) Govt. of India nominees ... ... 21 "

Total 720 seats.

3. The petitioner No. 2 falls in the general category and could claim to be admitted only thereunder and the benefit of any of th