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2(c). The method of selection is by conducting All India Common Entrance Examination for 40% weightage; Tasks test with 20% weightage and interview by Group Observers with 40% weightage. With regard to Christian minority students, out of the 40% weightage for interview, 10% is for written test on Bible knowledge and the remaining 30% for oral interview. The written tests are conducted for 300 marks in five subjects, viz., Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General ability, Speed and Accuracy. The marks obtained by the candidates are subsequently made in the form of Grade under the Stanine Grading System and according to the Institution, selection in the said manner is in vogue for the past many years without any complaint whatsoever only based on merit in a transparent manner and without any exploitation.

8(a). He would elaborately clarify as to how the interview was conducted for three days with a close scrutiny of candidates at every stage and as to how the Group Observers have spend with the candidates to assess their suitability for training at Vellore. He has submitted that the Group Observers are from senior faculty of the Institution who interview them individually based on the pre-established criteria and guidelines to assess their suitability for being trained as Doctors at the Institution. He has also taken pain to explain the stanine system, as to how the system has been acclaimed world wide and followed without any objections from any part and he has also explained as to how the grading system in respect of each subjects have been in stanine mode and as to how they are converted from Grade to Score and Score added upto Preliminary Test Average (PTA) Grade.

29. In respect of the process of selection, one of the main points raised by the learned senior counsel for the appellants is that, the conversion of marks into a grading system under Stanine grading is not transparent and therefore it cannot be said that the selection based on the said method should be deemed to be on merit basis. Regarding this process, it is relevant to point out that the first respondent Institution conducts All India Common Entrance examination on 5 papers, viz., Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General ability and Speed and Accuracy with each paper having 60 multiple choice objective questions that carry one mark each with a total of 60 marks per paper and a total of 300 marks for the five papers together.

41. The Standard Grading System is also followed by the Council for Indian School of Certificate External Examination, New Delhi for the international assessment is as follows:
Meaning of Grades I. EXTERNAL EXAMINATION:
Attainment in a subject is indicated by a grade of which Grade 1 is the highest and Grade 9 the lowest: only Grades 1 to 8 are recorded on Certificates. The interpretation of the grades is as follows:
Grade 1 } 2 } very good 3 } 4 } Credit 5 } 6 } 7 } Pass 8 } 9 } Bad II. INTERNAL ASSESSMENT The standard attained in Socially Useful Productive Works & Community Service, abbreviated on the he face of the Certificate as SUPW & COMUNITY SERVICE, is indicated by a letter grade, of which Grade A is the highest and Grade E the lowest. Only Grades A to D are recorded on Certificates. The interpretation of the grades as follows: