36 med seats given without NEET quashed
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 06.06.2018
Two years after a private medical college admitted 36 students who had not cleared NEET, the Madras high court quashed all the admissions saying they were illegal and the college had no authority to flout MCI rules.
The admissions were made by Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science in Kancheepuram district to MBBS courses in 2016 under ‘lapsed seats’ category to candidates who did not even qualify in the mandatory NEET-2016.
According to the college management, for the academic year 2016-17, so far as the seats surrendered to government are concerned, the process of selection through NEET-based marks was not insisted upon. The management took all possible steps to admit candidates from among the NEET qualified in compliance with the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2016, for admission to the first year MBBS course for the 53 management quota seats.
However, only 23 NEETqualified candidates got admitted under the management quota. So far as the remaining 30 management quota seats are concerned, the NEETqualified candidates were not available, but the available candidates who have not secured NEET marks were willing to join the college.
Similarly, in respect of the 97 government quota seats, only 71 candidates had turned up and got admitted. The remaining 26 candidates failed to report for admission after the first phase of counselling. As a result, the 30 management quota seats and 26 government quota seats remained unfilled on the last date of admission on September 30, 2016, the petitioner said.
Opposing the plea, the state contended that as per the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Admission in Professional Educational Institutions Act, notwithstanding anything contained in any relevant law or any rule or regulation or the government by-law, the selection committee being the authority to make admission to government seats in the MBBS course, the college has no authority to fill up the quota seats, even if they fell vacant after the cut-off date.
Concurring with the submissions, the bench held that the college had no authority to make such admissions and declared the admissions as illegal.
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 06.06.2018
Two years after a private medical college admitted 36 students who had not cleared NEET, the Madras high court quashed all the admissions saying they were illegal and the college had no authority to flout MCI rules.
The admissions were made by Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science in Kancheepuram district to MBBS courses in 2016 under ‘lapsed seats’ category to candidates who did not even qualify in the mandatory NEET-2016.
According to the college management, for the academic year 2016-17, so far as the seats surrendered to government are concerned, the process of selection through NEET-based marks was not insisted upon. The management took all possible steps to admit candidates from among the NEET qualified in compliance with the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2016, for admission to the first year MBBS course for the 53 management quota seats.
However, only 23 NEETqualified candidates got admitted under the management quota. So far as the remaining 30 management quota seats are concerned, the NEETqualified candidates were not available, but the available candidates who have not secured NEET marks were willing to join the college.
Similarly, in respect of the 97 government quota seats, only 71 candidates had turned up and got admitted. The remaining 26 candidates failed to report for admission after the first phase of counselling. As a result, the 30 management quota seats and 26 government quota seats remained unfilled on the last date of admission on September 30, 2016, the petitioner said.
Opposing the plea, the state contended that as per the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Admission in Professional Educational Institutions Act, notwithstanding anything contained in any relevant law or any rule or regulation or the government by-law, the selection committee being the authority to make admission to government seats in the MBBS course, the college has no authority to fill up the quota seats, even if they fell vacant after the cut-off date.
Concurring with the submissions, the bench held that the college had no authority to make such admissions and declared the admissions as illegal.
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