Supreme Court WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.18 OF 2005 dt 21/02/2005

ITEM NO.15 COURT NO.3 SECTION X

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.18 OF 2005


BUDDHI PRAKASH SHARMA & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(With appln(s) for directions)

Date: 21/02/2005 This Petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Y.K. SABHARWAL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.P. NAOLEKAR

For Petitioner(s) Mr. A. Mariarputham,Adv.
Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv.
For M/s. Arputham,Aruna & Co.,Advs.


For Respondent(s) Ms. Sandhya Goswami,Adv.
Ms. Sushma Suri,Adv.
Mr. Maninder Singh,Adv.
Ms. Pratibha M. Singh,Adv.
Mr. Angad Mirdha,Adv.
Mr. Kirtiman Singh,Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Mishra,Adv.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R

The learned counsel appearing for the Union of India submits that counter affidavit will be filed during the course of the day.

Without prejudice to the issues raised in the writ petition and in order to obviate any further delay in case the contention of the petitioner is accepted, we direct the Director General of Health Services [D.G.H.S.] to send a communication to the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories to furnish information to the D.G.H.S. as to what will be the total number of seats in Post-graduate courses if worked out on the basis of fifty per cent of the total number of seats without any exclusion. The Chief Secretaries are directed to furnish the requisite information to the D.G.H.S. by 24th February, 2005. The said information shall be tabulated by the D.G.H.S. and brought to the notice of this Court on the next date of hearing.

List the writ petition on 28th February, 2005.

[ T.I. Rajput ] [ V.P. Tyagi ]
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