(1.) Heard the Learned Counsel for the Petitioners and the Learned Additional Government Pleader for the respondents.
(2.) The Government of Puducherry through the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) called for applications from eligible candidates for the counselling for admission to MBBS/BDS courses for the academic year 2019-20. The information brochure issued by the CENTAC narrates the Eligibility conditions, Selection Procedure, Seat Matrix etc. The Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) does counselling for all the M.B.B.S/B.D.S seats in the Union Territory of Government Colleges and unaided Private Medical/Dental Colleges. They allot seats for the following categories:
(3.) On 04.07.2019, before the commencement of the counselling, the seat matrix for each of the above category were made known to the public. As per the seat matrix, for the MBBS course. 1% seat is reserved for the wards of Ex-servicemen (ESM)