appearing for the petitioners, were unable to point out any provision of law under which the right claimed by them can be regarded as a legal right. Obviously, the 'only right which the petitioners can claim is the one which is available to them under Art. 14 of the Constitution. This Court in Kumari Jayshree v. State of Gujarat (1979) 20 Guj LR 614, while, considering the rules for admission to First M.B.B.S. course, observed that, "till admissions are given, no rights are acquired". As pointed out in that case, the protection available to such candidates is under Art. 14 of the Constitution. As the petitioners cannot be said to have acquired any right as claimed on their admission to First M.B.B.S. course, or when they passed the Final M.B.B.S. Examination, the question of taking away their right really does not arise and, therefore, the contention that new rules are violation of Art. 14 of the Constitution inasmuch as they are made retrospective in operation, as they are made applicable to candidates like the petitioners, with retrospective, operation must be rejected. This Court further pointed out in that case that rules with retrospective operation can be made unless the exercise of such power is found to be violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution. Though such a question had not directly arisen before the Supreme Court in University of Mysore v. Gopala Gowda, AIR 1965 SC 1932, it observed, while interpreting the Regulations framed by the Academic Council, that the power conferred on it by the Mysore University Act to control and generally regulate teaching courses, of studies to be pursued and maintenance of the standards thereof, is extended not merely to prescribing minimum qualifications for admission, course of study and minimum attendance at an Institution, which may qualify a student for admission to examination, but also conferred an authority to refuse to grant
