Madras high court to scrutinise MBBS admissions under lapsed NRI quota
TNN | Sep 28, 2019, 04.45 AM IST
A comprehensive report on these issues shall be filed in court by October 15, said a division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan on Friday.
The court made the observation while hearing a plea moved by S Dheeran of Coimbatore seeking a direction the state government to undertake necessary measures for proper counselling and mop-up procedure to fill 207 management quota seats, that have become available owing to non-filling of NRI quota seats. The seats should be filled as per merit and prescribed procedure in the admission for medical colleges, he said.
According to him, this year alone 260 seats were earmarked under NRI quota, out of which only 53 NRIs were admitted. The remaining 207 seats were declared vacant and those seats were reverted to management quota.
When the plea came up for hearing on Friday, the state government submitted that the court should interfere and set guidelines to make admissions to unfilled NRI quota seats under management quota.
Counsel for the petitioner also alleged that such seats transferred to management quota were given to students who had scored low marks in NEET. Their admissions are arbitrary and given to them for far higher rates than prescribed by rules, he said.
Recording the submissions, the bench impleaded all the 10 private medical colleges in the state.
Earlier, the bench wondered as to why admission to MBBS courses in government medical colleges should not be made exclusive only to students from government schools. When it comes to admission to medical courses, students from even private institutions prefer only government medical colleges. This is not the case in the case of admission to other courses, the bench pointed out.
On September 25, the bench took judicial note of impersonation by a first-year MBBS student in NEET and directed the Centre and state government to explain the steps taken by them to prevent such offences during NEET and subsequent admission to medical colleges.
TNN | Sep 28, 2019, 04.45 AM IST
CHENNAI: All 10 private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu have been ordered by Madras high court to submit the list of students admitted in seats meant for Non-Resident Indians (NRI) quota, along with their marks and the procedure adopted for their admissions.
A comprehensive report on these issues shall be filed in court by October 15, said a division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan on Friday.
The court made the observation while hearing a plea moved by S Dheeran of Coimbatore seeking a direction the state government to undertake necessary measures for proper counselling and mop-up procedure to fill 207 management quota seats, that have become available owing to non-filling of NRI quota seats. The seats should be filled as per merit and prescribed procedure in the admission for medical colleges, he said.
According to him, this year alone 260 seats were earmarked under NRI quota, out of which only 53 NRIs were admitted. The remaining 207 seats were declared vacant and those seats were reverted to management quota.
When the plea came up for hearing on Friday, the state government submitted that the court should interfere and set guidelines to make admissions to unfilled NRI quota seats under management quota.
Counsel for the petitioner also alleged that such seats transferred to management quota were given to students who had scored low marks in NEET. Their admissions are arbitrary and given to them for far higher rates than prescribed by rules, he said.
Recording the submissions, the bench impleaded all the 10 private medical colleges in the state.
Earlier, the bench wondered as to why admission to MBBS courses in government medical colleges should not be made exclusive only to students from government schools. When it comes to admission to medical courses, students from even private institutions prefer only government medical colleges. This is not the case in the case of admission to other courses, the bench pointed out.
On September 25, the bench took judicial note of impersonation by a first-year MBBS student in NEET and directed the Centre and state government to explain the steps taken by them to prevent such offences during NEET and subsequent admission to medical colleges.
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