SC: No OBC quota in AIQ med seats in TN colleges this year - The Times Of India

SC: No OBC quota in AIQ med seats in TN colleges this year - The Times Of India

Petitions Of State Govt & AIADMK Dismissed

Chennai/New Delhi:

There will be no 50% reservation for OBC candidates in MBBS/BDS courses under All India Quota (AIQ) in non-central/state government medical institutions this year, as the Supreme Court dismissed petitions from Tamil Nadu in this regard. As of now while OBC quota is available for AIQ seats in central institutions, state medical colleges provide AIQ reservation only for SC/ STs.

In the apex court, the Centre had taken a stand that it would not be practically feasible to implement the 50% quota in this academic year. Concurring with its submissions on Monday, a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the interim prayers of TN government and AIADMK.

On July 27, the Madras high court had cleared the air and held that there is no legal or constitutional bar for implementing OBC quota in AIQ seats in noncentral/state government medical colleges. It, however, left open two questions – one, if it could be implemented in 2020-21 academic year itself; two, what will be the quantum of the quota – 50% as per TN’s 69% formula or 27% as per central scheme. TNN & AGENCIES

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In its ruling, the high court had held that in principle there is no legal or constitutional impediment for extending the benefit of reservation to OBCs in the state-surrendered AIQ seats of the UG/PG medical courses in the state-run medical colleges within Tamil Nadu, subject to any further directions or orders of the apex court. It had disagreed with the contention of the erstwhile Medical Council of India that permitting reservation in AIQ seats would compromise merit and said the argument gets diluted as NEET examinations are now clearly designed to allow only such candidates to be admitted, who secure a minimum merit.