Inform students if denied approval: Kerala HC
TNN | Jul 9, 2019, 03.02 PM IST
KOCHI: Students who obtain admission to self-financing medical colleges should be informed if their admissions are not approved by admission supervisory committee (ASC) or the state government, the high court has ordered.
The directive was issued by a division bench comprising justices K Vinod Chandran and V G Arun after considering a petition filed by a student who secured admission under NRI quota in 2016-17 but was not informed about ASC's decision not to approve the admission even though the college had challenged non-approval of admissions to the high court and the Supreme Court.
During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel told the court that the student could not challenge ASC's order at the appropriate time as there was no communication of denial of approval of admission. ASC's counsel submitted that entire details are uploaded on its website and that the college was directed to inform the students, as is the usual practice. The student's counsel pointed out that the cancellation of approval was noticed only after eight months.
While ordering that students whose admissions are not approved should be intimated individually by a registered post, the court said in the order, "We notice that the students, if prejudiced by an order passed by the committee has to be informed of the same by a communication lest the student is kept unawares, for reason only of the college having not communicated the issue to the student despite directives issued by the committee. We have also noticed many instances, where the college without informing the student raises a challenge before court and after dismissal by this court or by the Supreme Court, the students coming before this court seeking interference to the orders passed by the committee, which already stands affirmed in the proceedings initiated by the college. The student then is left with no remedy, which has to be avoided."
ASC should insist for addresses of students from colleges and prejudicial orders by the ASC or the state government should be communicated to the students by registered post, the court directed.
TNN | Jul 9, 2019, 03.02 PM IST
KOCHI: Students who obtain admission to self-financing medical colleges should be informed if their admissions are not approved by admission supervisory committee (ASC) or the state government, the high court has ordered.
The directive was issued by a division bench comprising justices K Vinod Chandran and V G Arun after considering a petition filed by a student who secured admission under NRI quota in 2016-17 but was not informed about ASC's decision not to approve the admission even though the college had challenged non-approval of admissions to the high court and the Supreme Court.
During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel told the court that the student could not challenge ASC's order at the appropriate time as there was no communication of denial of approval of admission. ASC's counsel submitted that entire details are uploaded on its website and that the college was directed to inform the students, as is the usual practice. The student's counsel pointed out that the cancellation of approval was noticed only after eight months.
While ordering that students whose admissions are not approved should be intimated individually by a registered post, the court said in the order, "We notice that the students, if prejudiced by an order passed by the committee has to be informed of the same by a communication lest the student is kept unawares, for reason only of the college having not communicated the issue to the student despite directives issued by the committee. We have also noticed many instances, where the college without informing the student raises a challenge before court and after dismissal by this court or by the Supreme Court, the students coming before this court seeking interference to the orders passed by the committee, which already stands affirmed in the proceedings initiated by the college. The student then is left with no remedy, which has to be avoided."
ASC should insist for addresses of students from colleges and prejudicial orders by the ASC or the state government should be communicated to the students by registered post, the court directed.
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