Dhaka, Aug 27 (UNB) - A vacation High Court division bench on Monday passed split orders upon a public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition seeking its direction on the authorities to start admission to medical and dental colleges through holding tests.

Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui, the presiding judge, issued a rule asking the authorities to explain why direction should not be given to start the MBBS and BDS admission process through holding tests immediately, while the junior one, Justice M Ashraful Kamal, rejected the writ petition.

Passing the contradictory orders, the bench sent the matter to the Chief Justice for decision.  

Emerging from the court, a senior government law officer told UNB that now the Chief Justice would constitute a third bench to dispose of the unresolved writ petition.

On August 23, Advocate Yunus Ali Akond filed the PIL writ petition with the High Court.

The government on August 12 decided to enroll students in medical and dental colleges on the basis of their GPAs of both SSC and HSC exams instead of holding admission tests.

Earlier, following a writ petition filed by Advocate Yunus, the HC had issued a rule asking the government to explain why its decision for GPA-based admission to medical colleges should not be declared illegal.