Civil Writ Petition No.18956 of 2010 : 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: OCTOBER 25, 2010 Mussarat .....Petitioner VERSUS Union of India & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Prayer in the present petition is for issuing direction to the respondents to conduct the second counselling for admission to the BDS Course for the year 2010-2011 as admittedly 9 seats are lying vacant and thereafter to grant admission to the petitioner as she claims to be within the zone of consideration. As per the law laid down in Medical Council of India Vs. Madhu Singh and others, 2002 (4) SCT 444=AIR 2002 (SC) 3230, Mid-term admissions to MBBS/BDS medical courses are prohibited. It is observed that this method results in deficit study and training of Civil Writ Petition No.18956 of 2010 : 2 : course. Accordingly, it has now been held that a necessity for specifically providing the time schedule for a course and fixing the period during which such admissions can take place to make it clear that no admission can be granted after the scheduled date, would be the requirement. Pursuant thereto, M.C.I. has fixed the time schedule specifying that 30th September would be last date for grant of admission and even if seats have remained unfilled that cannot be a ground for making mid-session admission. The prayer made in the writ petition, therefore, cannot be considered and granted in view of the above position. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed in limine. October 25, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE