IN RISK OF LOSING SEAT
Prove Indian citizenship in 3 months: HC to med aspirant
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.08.2019
For many Indians it might be a dream of their lifetime to get citizenship of the United States of America, but for a Chennai-based teenage girl who is a US citizen by birth, her citizenship has become a roadblock in achieving her dream to pursue medicine in India.
Abirami Anbalagan, who was on the verge of lossing her hard-earned admission to MBBS in ESIC Medical College, KK Nagar, has got some solace after intervention of the Madras high court. Justice G Jayachandran granted her 12 weeks time, as against August 8 deadline fixed by the selection committee, to prove her Indian citizenship and secure her admission. If she fails, with denial of admission, she would be compelled to pay ₹10 lakh to the institution as per the terms of the prospectus.
According to the petitoner, her father was was deputed in the US for over a year while employed in an information technology company. Her mother too accompanied him during his deputation. During their stay her mother gave birth to the petitoner in the US on June 30, 2001. Therefore, the petitoner became the citizen of the country by birth.
In February 2002, the family returned to India and thereafter continued their residence in Chennai. The petitoner completed her entire schooling in Chennai,
qualified NEET 2019 with 455 marks. As she belongs to MBC, she applied for the MBBS counselling in that category and simultaneously applied for Indian citizenship on completion of 18 years.
However, in the first round of counselling her request for MBC quota was rejected since she had not submitted her Indian citizenship certificate. She was treated as overseas citizen of India and assigned only OC category.
When she approached the selection committee, they instructed her to get the transfer certificate from her school with the nationality status as ‘Indian citizenship applied’. After the submission of the certificate, she was alloted a seat in the ESIC medical collage in the second round of counselling.
But she was not allowed to make the payment for the seat and further informed that her allotment would be confirmed once she submits the order passed on her application for Indian citizenship and till then her allotment would be withheld. The committee further infringed her that her citizenship status should be cleared before the mop-up counselling (August 8), failing which the allotment would be cancelled and the seat would be allotted to other eligible candidates during mop-up counselling.
Aggrieved, she has moved the court seeking more time to produce her citizenship certificate. When the petition came up for hearing on Friday, Justice G Jayachendran granted her 12 weeks time to comply.
Prove Indian citizenship in 3 months: HC to med aspirant
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.08.2019
For many Indians it might be a dream of their lifetime to get citizenship of the United States of America, but for a Chennai-based teenage girl who is a US citizen by birth, her citizenship has become a roadblock in achieving her dream to pursue medicine in India.
Abirami Anbalagan, who was on the verge of lossing her hard-earned admission to MBBS in ESIC Medical College, KK Nagar, has got some solace after intervention of the Madras high court. Justice G Jayachandran granted her 12 weeks time, as against August 8 deadline fixed by the selection committee, to prove her Indian citizenship and secure her admission. If she fails, with denial of admission, she would be compelled to pay ₹10 lakh to the institution as per the terms of the prospectus.
According to the petitoner, her father was was deputed in the US for over a year while employed in an information technology company. Her mother too accompanied him during his deputation. During their stay her mother gave birth to the petitoner in the US on June 30, 2001. Therefore, the petitoner became the citizen of the country by birth.
In February 2002, the family returned to India and thereafter continued their residence in Chennai. The petitoner completed her entire schooling in Chennai,
qualified NEET 2019 with 455 marks. As she belongs to MBC, she applied for the MBBS counselling in that category and simultaneously applied for Indian citizenship on completion of 18 years.
However, in the first round of counselling her request for MBC quota was rejected since she had not submitted her Indian citizenship certificate. She was treated as overseas citizen of India and assigned only OC category.
When she approached the selection committee, they instructed her to get the transfer certificate from her school with the nationality status as ‘Indian citizenship applied’. After the submission of the certificate, she was alloted a seat in the ESIC medical collage in the second round of counselling.
But she was not allowed to make the payment for the seat and further informed that her allotment would be confirmed once she submits the order passed on her application for Indian citizenship and till then her allotment would be withheld. The committee further infringed her that her citizenship status should be cleared before the mop-up counselling (August 8), failing which the allotment would be cancelled and the seat would be allotted to other eligible candidates during mop-up counselling.
Aggrieved, she has moved the court seeking more time to produce her citizenship certificate. When the petition came up for hearing on Friday, Justice G Jayachendran granted her 12 weeks time to comply.
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