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Ordinance never provided for the applicability of NEET in respect of MDS Courses in the year 2016-2017. Petitioner has further stated that Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the case of Sankalp Charitable Trust Vs. Union of India and others [W. P. (Civil) No. 261/2016] has issued a direction that the AIPMT 2016 shall be treated as NEET-I and the Central Board of Secondary Education shall conduct NEET-II on 24/7/2016 for admissions to MBBS / BDS Courses for the academic year 2016-2017. The contention of the petitioner is that the applicability of NEET was mandatory only for BDS Courses and in respect of those candidates who have already passed BDS and who wanted admission in MDS for the academic session 2016-2017, the qualification of NEET was not required. Petitioner has further stated that an application was preferred before Hon'ble the Supreme Court in W.P.(Civil) No. 4060/2009 for issuance of a direction in respect of admissions for the academic session 2016-17, for all the seats in Private Dental Colleges and the Hon'ble Supreme Court has passed an order on 17/3/2016 by issuing a direction to select the candidates on the basis of inter-se

12. The aforesaid Rules makes it very clear that the counselling has to be conducted by the State Government in the manner and method, as provided under the Rules. The Rules do not empower any private Dental College to invite applications directly from the students and to grant them admission.

13. The another important aspect of the case is that on account of various orders passed by the Hon'ble supreme Court, NEET Examination was held to be mandatory and the apex Court also has upheld the criteria of admitting students on the basis of marks obtained in NEET in the year 2016. The apex Court in Civil Appeal No.4069/09, on an