HC to give verdict on PG med admission impasse today
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Chennai:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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A special bench constituted
by the Madras high court to hear and pass orders on the vexed issue of
incentive marks for government doctors for admission in postgraduate
medical course admissions, will pass its verdict on Wednesday .
Government doctors across the state are on a warpath since April 17 when
a single judge held that the admissions to government quota seats meant
for in-service candidates too should adhere only to the new MCI
regulations, and not to the state government's time-tested
method of awarding marks.
While MCI envisages award of 10% of an in-service candidate's NEET marks as incentive for every year in service, subject to the maximum of 30%, the state has a practice of awarding one mark each to all candidates, and additional one mark to those government doctors working in four areas classified as hilly, remote, difficult and rural areas.
The crux of the issue before the bench of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice S M Subramanian is whether the state could continue its own incentive scheme, or it has to sync it with the MCI regula tions.
On Wednesday , additional advocate-general of Tamil Nadu C Manishankar said the practice was in force for more than quarter century and that state norms were not against MCI regulations.Senior advocate P Wilson said if prospectus and relevant government order are not under challenge, courts could not go into the issue.
Senior counsel Vijay Narayan, representing the MCI, said 50% of seats reserved for service candidates is not permissible as per MCI norms, and that it was against the Supreme Court judgment too.
While MCI envisages award of 10% of an in-service candidate's NEET marks as incentive for every year in service, subject to the maximum of 30%, the state has a practice of awarding one mark each to all candidates, and additional one mark to those government doctors working in four areas classified as hilly, remote, difficult and rural areas.
The crux of the issue before the bench of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice S M Subramanian is whether the state could continue its own incentive scheme, or it has to sync it with the MCI regula tions.
On Wednesday , additional advocate-general of Tamil Nadu C Manishankar said the practice was in force for more than quarter century and that state norms were not against MCI regulations.Senior advocate P Wilson said if prospectus and relevant government order are not under challenge, courts could not go into the issue.
Senior counsel Vijay Narayan, representing the MCI, said 50% of seats reserved for service candidates is not permissible as per MCI norms, and that it was against the Supreme Court judgment too.
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