JADAB CHANDRA MONDAL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE two writ petitions involve controversy over admission in the course for Master degree in dental surgery, which is commonly known as MDS, for the year 2012. The petitioners in both these proceedings have obtained Bachelor degree in dental surgery, (BDS) and upon completing their internship had joined the West Bengal Dental Service. In pursuance of leave granted by an Hon'ble Single Judge of this Court, two other candidates, Saikat Mahata and Ritesh Aich also were impleaded as party-respondents to W.P. 8477(W) of 2012. I shall refer to in this judgment the candidates who were impleaded as respondents in W.P. No. 8477(W) of 2012 as "added respondents".

(2.) AT the material point of time, all the petitioners as well as the added respondents were in the said service. For the MDS course, certain number of seats are specially allocated for those candidates who are in regular service of the Government of West Bengal and are sponsored by the State Government. These seats have come to be known as Government sponsored seats. Admission to the said course, conducted by The West Bengal University of Health Sciences (the University) is undertaken through a common admission test, being "West Bengal Post-Graduate Dental Admission Test," (WBPGDAT). In these two proceedings, the petitioners had appeared in the said test held in the year 2012, for the Government sponsored seats.

(3.) CLAUSE 2 of the same booklet lays down the eligibility criteria for admission into the said course, and Clause 2.3 stipulates:-