MBBS counselling hinges on HC reservation ruling
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Chennai
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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The Tamil Nadu government's
schedule to release MBBSBDS merit list on July 14, and to start
counselling on July 17, now hinges on the Madras high court order on the
state's policy of reserving 85% of its MBBSBDS seats for state board
students. The court ordered status quo on the admission process, before
reserving its verdict, on Tuesday .
Justice K Ravichandrabaabu, after
marathon arguments by counsel for three plus students from CBSE stream,
and state advocate-general R Muthukumaraswamy , reserved his judgment
later in the evening.
The students assailed the legality of June 22 order of the government apportioning the available MBBSBDS seats to state board and CBSE students in the ratio of 85%:15%.
In his submissions, Muthukumaraswamy said NEET promoted inequality among students of state boards and their counterparts from CBSE stre am. Out of 4.30 lakh students who completed Plus Two under Tamil Nadu state board this year, about 84,000 students appeared for NEET. Whereas out of 4,000 students who did Plus Two under CBSE, about 2,000 appeared for NEET, he said.
Overwhelming majority of questions in NEET were based on CBSE syllabus and not related to state board syllabus, the AG said, adding that there about 250 CBSE schools in the state, and they are located mostly in urban areas.
He said Tamil Nadu government was not in favour of NEET and that was the reason why it passed two Bills for PG and UG medical admissions, seeking exemption for the state from the NEET regime. Counsel for the petitioner-students, however, said there could be no different distribution of MBBSBDS seats between candidates of state and other boards either under the government resolutions or rules governing admission to professional medical courses.
All students who had qualified Class 12 from schools within the state of Tamil Nadu are entitled to be considered alike for all available MBBSBDS seats, they argued, adding that NEET marks alone could be considered for admissions.
The petitioner-students' counsel said the apex court had clearly stated that when admission was based on NEET it should make no difference whether the qualifying examination was conducted by the state board or central board. No discrimination can be made between the schools affiliated to the state board or the CBSE, they said.
The students assailed the legality of June 22 order of the government apportioning the available MBBSBDS seats to state board and CBSE students in the ratio of 85%:15%.
In his submissions, Muthukumaraswamy said NEET promoted inequality among students of state boards and their counterparts from CBSE stre am. Out of 4.30 lakh students who completed Plus Two under Tamil Nadu state board this year, about 84,000 students appeared for NEET. Whereas out of 4,000 students who did Plus Two under CBSE, about 2,000 appeared for NEET, he said.
Overwhelming majority of questions in NEET were based on CBSE syllabus and not related to state board syllabus, the AG said, adding that there about 250 CBSE schools in the state, and they are located mostly in urban areas.
He said Tamil Nadu government was not in favour of NEET and that was the reason why it passed two Bills for PG and UG medical admissions, seeking exemption for the state from the NEET regime. Counsel for the petitioner-students, however, said there could be no different distribution of MBBSBDS seats between candidates of state and other boards either under the government resolutions or rules governing admission to professional medical courses.
All students who had qualified Class 12 from schools within the state of Tamil Nadu are entitled to be considered alike for all available MBBSBDS seats, they argued, adding that NEET marks alone could be considered for admissions.
The petitioner-students' counsel said the apex court had clearly stated that when admission was based on NEET it should make no difference whether the qualifying examination was conducted by the state board or central board. No discrimination can be made between the schools affiliated to the state board or the CBSE, they said.
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