No promotion to 2nd year sans clearing exam: Andhra Pradesh HC

No promotion to 2nd year sans clearing exam: Andhra Pradesh HC

TNN | Aug 5, 2021, 04.00 AM IST

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday dismissed the interlocutory application filed by MBBS students seeking directions to promote them to second year without reference to passing of the subjects in first year.

The high court observed that it found no substance in the arguments of the petitioners and promoting them to second year while having backlogs in first year would defeat very purpose of the new regulations brought in by the Medical Council of India (MCI) that are applicable to all medical students across the country.

Justice U Durga Prasad Rao pronounced the judgment dismissing the interlocutory applications moved by the MBBS students who were not promoted to second year because of not passing in all subjects in the first year. They moved the high court seeking 20 per cent grace marks as the question paper given to them was not in accordance with the guidelines given by MCI.

The students argued that according to the MCI guidelines, the question paper should contain multiple choice questions for 20 per cent of total marks. However, the question paper given to them by Dr NTR University of Medical and Health Sciences was not in the prescribed format and consequently they failed in the examination.

As the guidelines prescribe 20 per cent marks, they sought directions to add the marks to them as grace marks and promote them to second year. They filed an interlocutory application to promote them to second year without referring to passing of first year subjects pending disposal of the petition.