Admissions to PG dental courses put on hold

Admissions to PG dental courses put on hold

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:28.08.2021

The admissions to post graduate dental courses have been put on hold by the Medical Counselling Committee after the Madras high court said the additional reservation provided for economically weaker sections in the notification of July 29, 2021 cannot be permitted without approval of the Supreme Court.

On Friday, the committee, which was supposed to release the round 1 admissions to seats under all India quota, deemed and central universities, said it will put the counselling on hold temporarily “in order to seek clarification from the Supreme Court in this regard”. On Thursday, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu, disallowed 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) among forward castes in medical admissions under All India Quota (AIQ), saying it would take the total reservation beyond the Supreme Court-mandated cap of 50%. It also held that OBC quota for AIQ seats will be 27% as notified by the Union government, and not 50% as demanded by the DMK.

The MCC, which is incharge on counselling for admissions to central/deemed university and all India quota seats of government colleges said, in view of the court order, legal opinion is being sought by from the apex court.