IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 7TH JULY 2008 / 16TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 19393 of 2008(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ DR. T.R. RAJESH, THURUTHIL HOUSE, N.KUTHIYATHODYU P.O., ERNAKULAM DISTRICT 683 954. BY ADV. SRI.KURIAN GEORGE KANNAMTHANAM (SR.) SRI.TONY GEORGE KANNANTHANAM RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, SANTHI NAGAR, TRIVANDRUM. 4. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, POCKET 14, SECTOR -8, DWARAKA PHASE I, N. DELHI -110075. BY ADV. SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS, SC, MCI FOR R4 GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No.19393 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 7th day of July, 2008 J U D G M E N T The counsel for the petitioner submits that when the results for the entrance examination were declared, none of the departmental candidates qualified and therefore, the petitioner being rank No.1 in the rank list of general merit candidate is entitled to admission in normal course. However, the petitioner apprehends that the Government proposes to lower the minimum qualification prescribed for admission for departmental candidates, against which the petitioners are filing a fresh writ petition. Therefore, the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to file another writ petition incorporating fresh grounds in which the grounds raised in this writ petition can also be raised. Permission is granted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to raise all his contentions in the writ petition proposed to be filed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2