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This Writ Petition has been filed to direct the respondents herein to accept the letter of resignation dated 12.03.2024 given by the petitioner for discontinuation in Post Graduate Degree in General Surgery and to return the Original Certificates deposited by the petitioner at the time of admission without insisting any penalty.

2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has completed MBBS in Government Chengalpattu Medical College in the year 2021 and wrote NEET Examination conducted in the month of March 2023 and got 4479 rank in All India Quota and 597 rank in State Quota. The petitioner has submitted an application under the Prospectus issued by the respondents for the session 2023-2024 for pursuing higher education in General Medicine. The petitioner also participated under the various rounds of counseling on the premise that the third round of counseling would be conducted as Mop up counseling and during the process of counseling, certain writ petitions were filed before this Court and the third round of counseling which was hitherto Mop Up Counseling was changed into third round of counseling, enabling those who already got seat under Round I and II Counseling to again participate in the III Round of Counseling for the purpose of up-gradation. Since the entire counseling was conducted on the premise that the third round of counseling would be a mop up counseling, the petitioner filed a writ petition in W.P.No.29086 of 2023 challenging the proceedings of the respondents whereby, the rules of the game were sought to be changed after the game had begun and this Court has disposed the writ petition, vide order dated 11.10.2023, directing the respondents herein to allot any one of the seats as well, if vacated now by the candidates, to the petitioner, by virtue of up-gradation in Round III, against which, the respondents have preferred writ appeal in W.A.No.2863 of 2023 before this Court and the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court also disposed the writ appeal. In the meantime, the petitioner was allotted M.S.General Surgery in Stanley Medical College, Chennai, for the session 2023-2024. However, the petitioner was denied a seat unjustly in General Medicine and therefore, he does not want to pursue the course in General Surgery at Stanley General Hospital and has given a letter dated 12.03.2024 to the respondents seeking for returning the original Certificates and a permission to resign from the course without imposition of penalty, however, the respondents have not given any reply to the petitioner's letter. The petitioner is now desirous to write the competitive examination in the present year for admission into the General Medicine in other colleges, for which, he needs the Original Certificates so as to enable him to pursue his study. Therefore, the present writ petition has been filed.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the second respondent submits that the petitioner participated in the Round 1 Counseling under Government Quota for Post Graduate Degree/Diploma Course and he was allotted M.S.General Surgery in Stanley Medical College, Chennai for the session 2023-2024 and he has not joined the course and again the petitioner participated in Round 3 Counseling under Government Quota and he was freshly allotted M.S.General Surgery in Stanley Medical College, Chennai, for the session 2023-2024 and he joined the course on 13.10.2023. Now, the petitioner wants to discontinue the course and he seeks Original Certificates submitted by him during the time of joining the Course, for which, discontinuation fee of Rs.15,00,000/- is to be paid by the petitioner, as per Clause 26(vi) of the Prospectus for admission to Post Graduate Degree/Diploma Courses for Government/ Government Quota seats in Self- Financing Medical Colleges for the session 2023-2024 , since a seat fell vacant because of discontinuation of the petitioner in the Course.

4. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the