SUNEEL JATLEY AJAY KUMAR CHAUDHARY MISS MANISHA RATHI MINOR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA:MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK:MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) AS the matter brooked no delay. at the conclusion of the arguments, the Court pronounced the following, order reserving reasons to be given at a later date.

(2.) IN this group of petitions under Art. 32 of the Constitution. the petitioners questioned the validity and legality of reservation of 25 seats for candidates coming from rural areas for admission to First MBBS/BDS Course for 1982 session in the Medical Faculty of the Third respondent-Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak ('University' for short). The University issued a prospectus on 12/06/1982 inviting applications for appearing at an Entrance Test for selecting candidates for admission to MBBS/BDS Course, 1982. IN this prospectus, reserved seats were shown as under :

(3.) THE only question which needs answer is whether reservation of '25 seats for rural areas' for admission to 1982 session in the Medical College attached to the University is constitutionally valid. It must at once be made clear that the respondents did not at all attempt to sustain the reservation under sub-Art. (4) of Art. 15 which enabled the State to make special provision for advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the scheduled tribes. THE respondents contended that the reservation of 25 seats for candidates coming from rural areas is valid and can be sustained under Art. 14 of the Constitution. THErefore, the question is: whether the classification between the students educated in urban schools and common rural schools is based on any intelligible differentia which has a rational nexus to the objects sought to be achieved?