1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 5232 of 2011 Decided on: 20.7.2011 Dr. Sudershan Thakur ....Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others …Respondents The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Mankotia, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General with Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General for respondents No. 1 to 5. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner is aggrieved since he was not allotted a seat in M.D. (Anesthesia). According to him, he had reported before the Counselling Centre at 3.00 p.m. But it is seen that the other applications were received before the allotted time i.e. at 11.00 a.m. alongwith certificates, whereas the petitioner could not produce the certificates alongwith the application submitted at 3.00 p.m. The petitioner is present before us, who submits that he was in the Operation Theater upto 2.30 p.m. and thereafter only he could rush to the Counselling Centre. We 2 record our appreciation for the commitment of the petitioner to his work and duty. But the hard fact remains that the admissions are already closed and there is no vacancy in the Anesthesia stream. In the above circumstances, we make it clear that in case, by chance, any seat is liable to be allotted to a Diploma Holder in M.D. (Anesthesia), the petitioner shall be the first to be considered for such allotment. With these observation, the writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. July 20, 2011 (Justice V.K. Sharma) (Lsp/hl) Judge.