Himachal Pradesh Court April 1974 Judgments

The Registrar, Himachal Pradesh University Vs. Shashi Pal Singh and or ...

Court: Himachal Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1974HP41

D.B. Lal, J.1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been brought from the judgment of a learned Single Judge, whereby a writ petition filed by Shri Shashi Pal Singh has been accepted, quashing the decision of the respondents, who are the State of Himachal Pradesh, the Principal, Himachal Pradesh Medical College, Simla, and the Registrar of the Himachal Pradesh University, refusing the admission of the petitioner in the first year M. B. B. S. course of the Medical College. The allegations of the petitioner Shashi Pal Singh were, that after passing the pre-Medical Examination from the Himachal Pradesh University in 1973, he applied to the Medical College for appearing in the examination held for admission to the M. B. B. S. course and he sought his admission under the category reserved for political sufferers. The respondents did not accept the candidature of the petitioner under that reserved seat and, therefore, allowed him to appear in the competition against general seats which were un-res...