DEVENDRA NATH TIU Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONERS are aggrieved by the decision of the respondents refusing to take admission of the petitioners in the P.O. Course of Medical Science without production of internship completion certificate.

(2.) PETITIONER appeared in the Post -Graduate Medical Admission Test (P.G.M.A.T.) 2001 held by Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board and became successful. The respondents thereafter published a notice in the newspaper directing all the candidates to appear for counselling/interview scheduled to be held on 31.1.2002. Petitioners accordingly appeared but the respondents demanded certificate relating to completion of rotating internship. Petitioner was not allowed to participate in the counselling/interview without completion of internship certificate. Aggrieved by the said decision petitioners, moved this Court by filing W.P. (C) No. 688/2002. This Court after considering the relevant clause of the prospectus and the advertisement held that petitioners can not be allowed to appear in counselling/interview and is not eligible to be admitted in P.G.M.A.T. till completion of rotating inter - ship. However, this Court made certain observation to the effect that petitioner may approach the competent authority with a request to allow them provisionally to appear in the counselling/interview and to admit them after March. 2002 and the respondents may consider their case sympathetically.

(3.) AS noticed above, petitioners earlier moved this Court by filing W.P.(C) No. 688/2002. Learned Single Judge in his order considered Clause 3(3.1) of the prospectus which lays down the educational qualification and eligibility for appearing in P.G.M.A.T. 2001. The said Clause reads as under :