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The functions of the Board: shall be— (a) to hold in every year by itself or through any other authority to be appointed by the Board with the prior approval of the State Government, a Joint. Entrance Examination in such manner as may be prescribed and at such time as the State Government may, by notification, announce, for selection of candidates for admission to the Pre-Medical Course; (b) to allot candidates to the different Medical and Dental Colleges in West Bengal on the basis of merit displayed by such candidates in the Joint Entrance Examination and having regard to the preferences indicated by them in their applications, and (c) to prepare a waiting list of a reasonable nuMber of additional candidates for filling vacancies of seats, if any, occuring in any Medical or Dental College in West Bengal. Functions of the Board.