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(3) Thirdly, so far as the All India Entrance Examination for the post graduate courses is concerned we are of the view that there should be only one examination in a year as suggested by the Government of India in the Scheme submitted by it. But we are of the view that it would not be right to insist that a student should not be eligible for appearing at this examination unless he has completed compulsory rotating internship/practical training programme and obtained registration from the Medical Council of India or any of the State Medical Councils. That would greatly inconvenience the students. The final MBBS Examination is normally held in October/November each year and thereafter every student has to undergo compulsory rotating internship/practical training for a period of one year and then only he can be awarded MBBS Degree and he can obtain registration from the Medical Council of In dia or a State Medical Council. If therefore it is provided that a student shall be eligible to appear at the All India Entrance Examination only after he has acquired MBBS Degree and obtained registration, it would mean that he A would be able to appear at such examination only after a lapse of about one year from the date of his passing MBBS Examination. He would have to start preparing again for appearing at the All India Entrance Examination after a break of one year which is bound to cause a certain amount of hardship and inconvenience. It would be better in our view if a student is allowed to appear at the All India Entrance Examination after the result of the MBBS Examination is announced and he is declared to have passed MBBS Examination, because at that date the theoretical part of the syllabus would be fresh in his mind and it would save him the trouble of reading the entire course over again after a period of one year. We would, therefore, direct that the tentative programme for the All India Entrance Examination set out in clause 13 of the Scheme of examination for admission to postgraduate courses should be modified and the modified programme should be as follows: 

	  (i) By post		   -10th January
	  (ii) From cash counter   -20th January
	  Last date for receiving  -31st January
	  application forms
	  Competitive test	   -Middle of March
	  Result to be declared	   -First week of May

Every student who has passed his MBBS Examination shall be eligible for appearing at this examination even though he has not completed his compulsory rotating internship/practical training, but he shall not be entitled to be admitted to the post-graduate course until he has completed such internship or practical training and obtained registration either from the Medical Council of India or a State Medical Council. On this view, so far as admissions to post- graduate courses are concerned, it may not be possible to give effect to our Judgment dated 22nd June 1984, until the academic year commencing in 1988. The students seeking admission to post-graduate courses for the academic year commencing in 1987 would be those who have completed their compulsory rotating internship/practical training in November/December 1986 and now to require them, after a break of one year, to prepare again for appearing at the All India Entrance Examination would cause considerable hardship and inconvenience. Admissions to post-graduate courses for the academic year commencing in 1987 may therefore be given on the basis that our Judgment dated 22nd June 1984 does not govern such admissions. But an All India Entrance Examination would have to be held in 1987 for the students who would be passing MBBS Examination in the end of 1986 and who would be completing their compulsory rotating internship/practical training in the end of 1987 and seeking admission to post graduate courses for the academic year commencing in 1988. We must of course make it clear that it would be open to a student to appear at the All India Entrance Examination even. after he has completed his compulsory rotating internship/practical training and he would be entitled to compete for admission to post-graduate courses for the academic year immediately following the completion of his internship or practical training. We would also like to add that though we have prescribed this programme for holding the All India Entrance Examination for admission to post graduate courses, if any difficulty is found in following this programme, it would be open to the Government of India to alter it in such manner as it thinks fit after consultation with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Council of India. We are leaving a certain measure of latitude to the Government of India because it is possible that some difficulties may be encountered in implementation of this programme which we have not been able to anticipate and foresee.