Apply PG norms for revaluation of failed MBBS students: HC

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Apply PG norms for revaluation of failed MBBS students: HC

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Bengaluru:16.02.2021 

The high court has directed Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS ) to apply the formula as provided in the ordinance governing PG students, while undertaking revaluation of answerscripts, declaration of results and issuance of marks cards pertaining to failed MBBS students.

The PG guildelines stipulate where there is a difference of 15% or more in the four valuations, the answerscript has to be sent for a fifth valuation.

The court has also quashed and set aside the amendment to the ordinance governing valuation of answerscripts of MBBS course (RS-3 Scheme), notified on October 13, 2020. “The special powers conferred on the vice-chancellor under section 13(2) cannot extend to taking over the power of the syndicate to promulgate ordinances under section 35 of the RGUHS Act, 1994. At any rate, by invoking section 13(2) of the RGUHS Act, the vice-chancellor is definitely not entitled to take over the consultation process of an expert body viz., Academic Council, which is required to give its expert opinion under section 35(3)(b), essential for promulgating an ordinance,” Justice R Devdas observed .

Allowing the petitions filed by KB Basanth and others, the judge also directed the health university to complete the entire exercise before commencement of the next year examinations, which is tentatively scheduled to start in the first week of March 2021.

The amendment ordinance under challenge required all answerscripts of UG course to be subjected to digital valuation by four evaluators, 50% of them by internal examiners and 50% by external examiners of different universities other than RGUHS and preferably by evaluators from outside the state as prescribed by MCI.

It further provided that the average of total marks awarded by the four evaluators for the paper, which is rounded off to the nearest value, should be considered for computation of results and that the marks awarded and the results declared after general valuation should be final and under no circumstances, further valuation should be entertained.