IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20030 of2011 Date of Decision : October 31 2011. Surinder Lal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Hardial Singh Baath, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus for his admission in B.A.M.S. Course in respondent No.2-College. It is urged that since the petitioner possesses the minimum prescribed qualification, he is entitled to be admitted as no limit in respect of the total seats has been disclosed in the advertisement. In my considered view, the plea taken by the petitioner is wholly mis-conceived. The respondent-College would be entitled to admit the students only to the extent of the seats sanctioned by the competent authority which include the statutory Council and/or the University. Be that as it may, if any candidate lower in merit has been admitted or there is CWP No.20030 of 2011 [2] any vacant seat and no candidate with higher merit has come forward to seek admission, liberty is granted to the petitioner to approach respondent Nos.2 & 3 who shall consider the claim of the petitioner for admission in B.A.M.S. Course strictly in accordance with law. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 31, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE