TNN | Jun 12, 2020, 05.57 AM IST
CHENNAI: Hours after the Supreme Court refused to entertain a batch of pleas moved by all major political parties in TN, besides the Tamil Nadu government, challenging the Centre's decision not to allot 50% of medical seats under All India Quota to OBC students, the DMK moved the Madras high court with a similar plea.
When the batch came up for admission on Thursday, a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S Ravindra Bhat permitted petitioners to withdraw the pleas, giving them the liberty to approach the HC first. Among the petitioners are the DMK, AIADMK, Congress, PMK, CPI and CPI(M).
"All India quota seats are contributed by states surrendering seats in government and private medical and dental colleges as per the MCI regulations," DMK counsel and senior advocate P Wilson said.
The issue pertains to the Centre's decision not to allot 50% of seats medical courses to OBC students, from seats surrendered by the Tamil Nadu government to All India Quota (AIQ). Citing loss of OBC quota seats in undergraduate, postgraduate medical and dental courses for the academic year 2020-21, the cases had been instituted. While Medical Council of India (MCI) regulations clearly contemplate adherence to state reservation laws while filling the seats, the Centre refused to follow the state law pertaining to OBC reservation in the AIQ, the petitioner said.
The DMK added that providing professional education for the marginalised will benefit talented students who could not secure competitive marks due to their economic and social circumstances.
The party wanted the court to call for the records pertaining to the result of NEET-PG 2020 published on May 9 by the National Board of Examinations for filling up seats under the all India quota and quash the same as unconstitutional.
The AIADMK said there was no rational basis for not extending the benefits of 50% quota for OBCs to the 'state-captured 'seats in the AIQ. OBCs have been grossly under-represented in AIQ seats in undergraduate, diploma, postgraduate diploma and postgraduate medical colleges across the country, it said.
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