J U D G M E N T

A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR, J.

The petitioner in W.P.(C).No.20823 of 2013 is the appellant before us. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of this appeal are as follows;

The appellant is a candidate who appeared at the pre-medical entrance examination conducted by the 3rd respondent institute for admission to the MBBS course for the academic year 2013-14. The 3rd respondent institute is situated in Maharashtra. In the prospectus published by the 3rd respondent institute, produced as Ext.P1 in the writ petition, it is mentioned that in addition to the seats reserved for candidates from the general category and categories eligible for reservation in terms of the Constitution of India, there are four seats, referred to as the central pool seats, reserved for nominees of the Government of India. The nomination is to be made by the Government of India pursuant to a selection conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, from among eligible applicants.

W.A.No.1541/2013 2 The categories of persons eligible to apply for nomination to the said seats, and the manner in which the applications for the same are to be preferred, are spelt