IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINTIAL Writ Petition No. 1952 of 2008 (M/S) Deepak Singh S/o Lal Bahadur Singh R/o House No.21, Basant Vihar, Choti Mukhani, Haldwani, District Nainital ..................Petitioner. Versus 1. Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust Medical College, Rampur Road, Haldwani (Nainital) through its Secretary 2. Principal Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust Medical College, Rampur Road, Haldwani (Nainital). 3. State of Uttarakhand, through Secretary, Department of Forest & Rural Development, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 4. Secretary, Department of Health & Medical Education, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. ................. Respondents Mr. Manoj Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajendra Dobhal, Advocate for respondents No. 1 & 2. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Addl. C.S.C. for respondents No. 3 & 4. Hon’ble Prafulla, C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus, commanding the respondents No. 1 and 2 to give admission to the petitioner in the M.B.B.S. course, strictly as per his rank in the merit list. A further mandamus has been sought declaring the action of respondents No.1 and 2, as illegal, in deleting name of the petitioner from zone of consideration on the ground that he could not produce the original documents. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the petitioner who competed in UPMT 2008 Examination, in the first counselling, got admitted at Rishikul Rajkiya Ayurvedic Post Graduate College, Haridwar, and thereafter, in the second councelling got admitted in Seema Dental College, Rishikesh, as such, his original documents were with said institute. In the circumstances, he cannot be deprived of admission for not producing the original documents at the time of the counselling on 30.09.2008 conducted by respondent No.1 i.e. Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust Medical College, Haldwani. 4) In view of the law laid down by the Apex court in Medical Counsel of India Vs. Mahdu Singh; (2002) 7 Supreme Court Cases 258 and Mridul Dhar Vs. Union of India; (2005) 2 Supreme Court Cases 65, that admission cannot be directed to be made after 30th of September, this Court is not inclined to grant the relief sought by the petitioner. 5) In the circumstances, the writ petition is summarily dismissed without expressing any opinion as to the right of the petitioner to get admission on the basis of the merit list, as prepared on 30th of September 2008. (Misc. Application No.7286 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. November 04, 2008. H.Negi