IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 26TH JULY 2007 / 4TH SRAVANA 1929 WP(C).No. 22927 of 2007(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SAKKEENA, D/O.BEERAN, KULAMOIL HOUSE, KADAMPUZHA P.O., PILATHARA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT - 676 553. BY ADV. SRI.A.KRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE COMMISSIONER OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, TRIVANDRUM - 695 001. 2. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, NEW DELHI. BY G.P. I.V.PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ========================== W.P.(C).No.22927 of 2007 ========================== Dated this the 26th day of July, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner challenges the cut of marks of 50 per cent to be secured by the physically handicapped candidates in the entrance examination for becoming eligible for admission to medical degree courses in Kerala. This court has repeatedly held that in order to ensure that only competent persons come out of the medical colleges with a degree to treat the public, it is necessary to lay down very strict eligibility criteria for admission to medical colleges. The prescription of 50 per cent mark for physically handicapped persons in the entrance examination cannot, by any stretch of imagination, be held to be arbitrary. Therefore, I do not find any merit in the writ petition and accordingly the same is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge. 2