HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18874 of 2010 Date: 29.12.2010 Between : Kumari R.Jayasree. …….Petitioner And The Government of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, Medical & Health Department & others. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18874 of 2010 ORDER : This writ petition is filed by a student, seeking to declare the action of respondents in not admitting her into M.B.B.S. course, as per the rank secured by her in the Common Entrance Test i.e. EAMCET, 2010. The petitioner has appeared in the Common Entrance Test for entry into medical stream for the academic year 2010-2011. As per the rules of admission, the candidate should complete 17 years of age as on 31.12.2010. According to the entries made in the school records, the date of birth of the petitioner is 12th January 1994, thus, when she was not given admission on the ground that she was under-aged, though she was eligible for admission as per the rank secured by her, she has filed this writ petition. This Court, while issuing notice before admission, taking into account the pendency of application of the petitioner for correction of date of birth in S.S.C. records, passed orders in W.P.M.P.No.23875 of 2010, directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for admission into M.B.B.S. course. It is stated that pursuant to the interim orders of this Court, the case of the petitioner was considered and she was admitted into Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa, and she is pursuing the course, but the admission of the petitioner was not approved in view of pendency of proceedings before this Court. The learned counsel for petitioner has produced a copy of the proceedings issued by the Additional Joint Secretary to the Director of Government Exams, ordering for correction of date of birth of the petitioner from 12th January 1994 to 12th January 1993. Accordingly, corrections were also carried out in the Board of Secondary Education Certificate and the corrected copy is also placed on record. Although it cannot be said that the initial objection raised by the respondents for not admitting the petitioner is not correct, but the fact remains that pursuant to the interim orders of this Court, the petitioner is already admitted into M.B.B.S. course and on the application of the petitioner, corrections are already carried out in the school records, correcting the date of birth of petitioner as 12th January 1993 instead of 12th January 1994, as entered in the school records. In view of correction of entry with regard to date of birth of the petitioner, which proceeding is issued subsequent to the application filed by the petitioner for admission into medical stream, I deem it appropriate to allow the writ petition, directing the respondents to approve the admission of petitioner in M.B.B.S. course and allow her to complete the course, if such admission is otherwise in accordance with rules. No order as to costs. _____________________ 29th December 2010 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J Note: Issue C.C. in one week. (b/o) ajr