ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF EDUCATION Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) I.A. No. 90: The interlocutory application is dismissed.

(2.) I.A. No. 96: This application has been filed by the All India Medical and Engineering Colleges Association but is restricted to admission to engineering colleges. According to the applicant, as of today, no student, who had taken Common Entrance Test [C.E.T.] conducted by the respective State Governments, is available for admission in the engineering colleges, which are members of the applicant's association, and number of seats are still lying vacant. The contention is that if these vacant seats are not permitted to be filled up by admitting students on the basis of merit marks obtained on the basis of 10+2 examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education [C.B.S.E.] or other equivalent examination conducted by the State Government and who are otherwise eligible and qualified, except that they have not taken C.E.T. conducted by the respective State Governments, all these seats would go waste. Under these circumstances, we dispose of the application by issuing the following directions: