Begin MBBS admission on Sept 20 every year: Court
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Ushering in a great deal of transparency in MBBS admissions and fee structure levied by private institutions, the Madras high court has issued a set of guidelines to be followed by them from next year onwards.Most importantly , the fee and other charges payable at the time of admission should be mentioned in the prospectus of private colleges, said the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sathyanarayanan.
The bench was passing orders on a PIL filed by G Vijayakumar who wanted the authorities, including the Medical Council of India and the director of medical education in Tamil Nadu, to prevent the colleges from admitting students under management quota for MBBS courses without issuing a fresh prospectus.
He said the prospectus should specify all relevant details and ensure that admissions were done only on the basis of merit, transparency and fairness. MBBS admissions should be done by adopting a centralized procedure, Vijaya kumar said.
The judges, on their part, said that MBBS students and aspirants should have sufficient time to shift their admissions from one college to another. Therefore, every year, MBBS admission should commence on September 20 and the last date of admission should be September 27, “so that one week's time is available for a candidate to shift admission,' the bench said.
The rank list should be hosted at 11am on September 20, and it should remain on the website throughout the entire period of its currency till 5pm on the closing date, the judges said, adding that the list should be available both on the official website and the notice board of private colleges. “The arrange ment should be made applicable from next year,“ the bench said.
As per the Supreme Courtset admission schedule for MBBS courses, September 30 is the last date for completing the admission process, while September 17 is the last date for concluding admissions after three counselling sessions. In rare cases, the apex court, however, had permitted deviation from the schedule.
Even last week, some MBBS aspirants had unsuccessfully moved a single judge bench to permit their admission by two medical colleges which together have 84 vacant seats to fill.Justice V Ramasubramanian, citing the apex court schedule, has asked them to move the Supreme Court for remedy .
The bench was passing orders on a PIL filed by G Vijayakumar who wanted the authorities, including the Medical Council of India and the director of medical education in Tamil Nadu, to prevent the colleges from admitting students under management quota for MBBS courses without issuing a fresh prospectus.
He said the prospectus should specify all relevant details and ensure that admissions were done only on the basis of merit, transparency and fairness. MBBS admissions should be done by adopting a centralized procedure, Vijaya kumar said.
The judges, on their part, said that MBBS students and aspirants should have sufficient time to shift their admissions from one college to another. Therefore, every year, MBBS admission should commence on September 20 and the last date of admission should be September 27, “so that one week's time is available for a candidate to shift admission,' the bench said.
The rank list should be hosted at 11am on September 20, and it should remain on the website throughout the entire period of its currency till 5pm on the closing date, the judges said, adding that the list should be available both on the official website and the notice board of private colleges. “The arrange ment should be made applicable from next year,“ the bench said.
As per the Supreme Courtset admission schedule for MBBS courses, September 30 is the last date for completing the admission process, while September 17 is the last date for concluding admissions after three counselling sessions. In rare cases, the apex court, however, had permitted deviation from the schedule.
Even last week, some MBBS aspirants had unsuccessfully moved a single judge bench to permit their admission by two medical colleges which together have 84 vacant seats to fill.Justice V Ramasubramanian, citing the apex court schedule, has asked them to move the Supreme Court for remedy .
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