Dismissed PG med students mull appeal - The Times Of India

Dismissed PG med students mull appeal - The Times Of India

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Puducherry:08.10.2020 

The 65 post-graduate medical students of deemed universities and private medical colleges in the Union Territory of Puducherry, whose admission in 2017 was cancelled by Madras high court on Wednesday, have decided to appeal against the ruling in the Supreme Court.

Managements of deemed universities and private colleges have proposed to join the aggrieved students to plead a relook of the order. While most students have already completed the course duration of three years, some of them in colleges affiliated to deemed universities have written their examinations as well. The deemed universities have also declared their results. Meanwhile, a section of students who were denied seats in 2017 submitted a memorandum to the Puducherry government urging it to file a caveat in the Supreme Court so that no interim orders could be passed without hearing it. The students also urged the government to ensure that the judgment is implemented.

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (deemed university) chancellor M K Rajagoplan said, "Earlier, the erstwhile Medical Council of India earlier said 25 students were admitted without following rules in our constituent college - Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute. But later said only 11 were admitted without following rules. But the fact is the names of the five of the 11 students are in the list of students recommended by the Centralized Admission Committee (Centac). Three other students had paid the Centac counselling fee but could not attend the counselling due to the commotion in the counselling session.”