(1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties.
(2.) The instant writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner Dr.Govind Narayan Purohit with the following prayers :-
(3.) Since the petitioner had challenged the validity and vires of Rule 31 of the Rajasthan Medical (Collegiate Branch) Rules, 1962 (for short, referred to herein after as 'the Rules of 1962'), the matter was initially placed before the Division Bench but thereafter, during the pendency of the instant writ petition, the validity of an analogous Rule {Rule 31 of the Rajasthan Subordinate Engineering (Building & Roads Branch) Service Rules, 1973} was upheld by the Division Bench in the case of Jagdish Chandra. vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.759/1984) by judgment dated 12.8.1988, whereafter this Court by order dated 4.12.1992 directed the writ petition to be listed before the Single Bench.