HC: OCI cardholders can’t avail Hyd-K’taka reservation benefits
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Bengaluru : Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders are not be eligible for HyderabadKarnataka reservation benefits provided under Article 371J of the Constitution, the Karnataka high court ruled. A division bench consisting of Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by Meghana Kuruvalli, an 18-year-old student residing in Bengaluru. Meghana, a UK citizen, sought a direction to the authorities to consider her case for admission to the MBBS and BDS courses for academic year 2024-25 in Karnataka, under the Hyderabad-Karnataka region quota, also known as the Kalyana-Karnataka quota. She claimed eligibility based on her birth in Secunderabad, and having studied for the last six years in Ballari, which falls under the Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
However, she was instructed to register as a foreign national/OCI, which she argued is contrary to the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Anushka Rengunthwar case. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), though, submitted that according to the Karnataka Selection of Candidates for Admission to Govt Seats in Professional Educational Institutions Rules-2006, OCI cardholders are treated as foreign nationals and only eligible for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) seats in private medical, dental colleges.
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