JUDGMENT

Rajendra Babu, J.-These petitions are offshoot of a Scheme framed by this Court in Sharwan Kumar, etc. etc. vs. Director General of Health Services & Anr. etc. etc., 1993 (3) SCC 332, prescribing the procedure to complete the process of allotment of 15 per cent of All- India quota for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in various colleges in the country by September [now changed to 7th August] each year. The said Scheme was modified pursuant to an order made in I.A. No. 10 of 2000 in WP (C) No. 443 of 1992 and the date fixed, as stood altered, as indicated therein and the last date for receipt of vacancy position is fixed as 7th August of each year and the IInd round of counselling is proposed to be taken between the period from 18th July to 24th July of each year.

2. Now in these petitions, it is contended that selection or counselling has not been done in some States and therefore, they would not take full advantage of IInd round of counselling. The details are set forth as under:

(a) The date of the PMT in Punjab has been altered from 23rd June to 21st July, 2002.

(b) The States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have only conducted their PMT on 3