ORDER : R.V. Raveendran, A.K. Patnaik, JJ. 8-7-2010 [Simran Jain v. Union of India, WP (C) No. 380 of 2009, order dated 8-7-2010 (SC),], this Court was informed by the learned Solicitor General that the newly constituted Medical Council of India is framing fresh set of regulations for holding common entrance examinations and exit examinations for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses. 2. On 13-8-2010, Simran Jain v. Union of India, (2014) 2 SCC 400 the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Union of India, submitted that the Central Government has approved the proposal of MCI for amendment of the Regulations relating to graduate and postgraduate courses, by providing a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination. 3. When the matter came up today, Mr Amarendra Sharan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Medical Council of India ("MCI", for short) submitted that MCI has amended its Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 and Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, with the previous approval of the Central Government vide Notification No. MCI. 31(1)/2010-Med/49068 and Notification No. MCI. 18(1)/2010-Med/49070 dated 21-12-2010. The said amendments are Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment), 2010 (Part II) and Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 (Part II). The said Amendment Regulations have been published in the Gazette of India dated 27-12-2010 and have come into force on 27-12-2010. As per the amended Regulations, there shall be a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS course known as "National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Admission to MBBS Course" and a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for postgraduate courses known as "National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Admission to Postgraduate Medical Courses" in each academic year, under the overall superintendence, direction and control of the Medical Council of India. The amended Regulations require the Medical Council of India to select, with the previous approval of the Central Government, organisation(s) to conduct the "National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Admission to MBBS Course" and the "National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Admission to Postgraduate Courses". 4. In view of the said amendments, the Medical Council of India has to take such steps as are necessary to implement the amended Regulations. No interim orders of this Court are called for in these proceedings in that behalf. 5.
4. In view of the said amendments, the Medical Council of India has to take such steps as are necessary to implement the amended Regulations. No interim orders of this Court are called for in these proceedings in that behalf. 5. The learned counsel for the State of Tamil Nadu stated that the State of Tamil Nadu has challenged the said Amendment Regulations in the Madras High Court and has obtained an interim stay insofar as implementation with reference to Tamil Nadu is concerned. 6. The question of pronouncing upon the validity of the said Amendment Regulations in these proceedings does not arise as it is not the subject-matter of these proceedings. If anyone is aggrieved by the amendments, they may have to independently challenge the same. 7. IA No. 32 in WP (C) No. 443 of 1992 is ordered to be delinked. 8. List in the first week of May, 2011.