JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-This appeal filed by the Medical Council of India (in short the MCI ) raises important questions regarding desirability of belated admissions to medical colleges in different courses, both pre-graduate and post-graduate. The questions assume importance because filing a large number of petitions before various High Courts and this Court has become an annual feature. When time of admission to medical courses arrives, immediately comes to mind Shakespeares Othello, where it was written "Chaos is come again". Inevitable result is that considerable time is lost by candidates chasing vires instead of virus. This Court in Convenor, MBBS/BDS Selection Board and Ors. v. Chandan Mishra and Ors. [1995 Supp. (3) SCC 77] observed as follows:

".........The learned Judges of the High Court, if we may say so in a well-considered opinion expressed their anguish at the insensitivity of the authorities administering medical admission in the State to the need to prevent occasions for repetitive grievances from the student community and had occasion to observe:

"Shakespeare in Othello has written "Chaos is come again". This Court has witnessed chaos almost annually when time