The petitioners have filed this constitutional petition seeking a direction that they may be admitted in the 3rd Year MBBS Course in any Public Sector Medical College in the Province of Punjab.
2. The petitioners after passing their F.Sc. (Pre-Medical) Examination from various Institutions were granted admission in Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, whereafter, apparently, some scholarships were offered by the Government of Cuba, for which the petitioners were selected and left for that country. The petitioners claim to have studied in Cuba for a period of 3 years, whereafter they were repatriated to Pakistan along with other students in the same situation. Upon their return, they sought admission in the local Medical Colleges. Apparently, it was decided that they should participate in the examination to be conducted by the PMDC so as to judge their proficiencies. The petitioners claim to have passed the said examination and on basis thereof they seek admission in a Public Sector Medical College in the Province of Punjab. It is also the case of the petitioners that they had approached the various Authorities in this behalf and directions for accommodating them have been issued at the highest level including the Prime Minister.
3. It is the case of the respondents that the petitioners may be entitled to continue with their studies by seeking admission in the Medical Colleges in the Country in the year to which they were held entitled by the PMDC, but they are not entitled to get admission in a Public Sector Medical College as a matter of right.
4. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Assistant Advocate General, Punjab and perused the record.
5. The petitioners were admitted to a Public Sector Medical College. They left the said Institution to pursue their studies in Cuba which were terminated prematurely. It appears that the PMDC found them eligible for admission in a Medical College. However, the learned counsel for the petitioners is unable to show any vested right for readmission in a Public Sector Medical College in the Province of Punjab. It is also to be noted that upon the petitioners abandoning their studies from the said Public Sector Medical College, the same would have been filled up by the other candidates. Such Medical Colleges have limited seats which cannot be enhanced merely to accommodate the petitioners. In the above circumstances, this Court finds its unable to come to the aid of the petitioners who must seek admissions in the private Medical Colleges, which right has been acknowledged by the respondents.
6. This petition is disposed of in the above terms.