YUTHI MILIT Vs. CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL SELECTION COMMITTEE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS application is at the instance of an applicant aspiring for M.B.B.S. Course, 2012 and is filed for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to show cause as to why the respondent no.1 has not filled up the M.B.B.S. seats lying vacant in both the respondent no.s 3 & 4 and why the said seat shall not be allotted in favour of the petitioner as she is a desirous and meritorious candidate among the successful candidates and other consequential reliefs.

(2.) THE petitioner's rank in the Joint Entrance Examination Board (Medical), 2012 was 1495. Counseling was held and she was allotted a B.D.S. seat at Darjeeling. She was admitted to that dental college, but, she came to know, under the provisions of the R.T.I. Act, 2005, that two seats were still lying vacant at Medinipur College and as such, the petitioner approached the respondent no.1 for allotment of a vacant seat in her favour, but, no reply was given by the respondent no.1. So, this application has been preferred.

(3.) HE has contended before this Bench that so far as All India Quota 15% UG Medical and Dental Counseling Schedule-2012 is concerned, the reporting at the Institution against the 3rd round is from 5th to 14th September, 2012 and the last date of admission for all Medical/Dental colleges shall be as per Medical Council of India Schedule is on September 30, 2012. Though, the last date is over, but such date is not sacrosanct and in appropriate cases, such date may be relaxed.