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| Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Stay on MBBS counselling vacated
- Those pursuing other professional courses barred
- Also those who discontinued a professional course
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday vacated the stay on
counselling for medical and dental course admissions, after
the State Government agreed to restore the rules of previous
years, as per which students admitted to any other professional
course were barred from applying for MBBS/BDS courses.
Admissions to medical and dental courses for the current academic
year will now be governed by Clause 6(ii) of the prospectus,
which disqualifies candidates “presently undergoing”
any of the professional courses such as BDS, Engineering, Law,
Agriculture, Veterinary, etc., and those who had discontinued
any of these professional courses “leading to a waste
of seat,” from seeking admission to medical and dental
courses.
The First Bench, passing orders on a batch of public interest
litigation petitions, said: “Students, who have already
applied for and got admission to a professional course in the
previous academic year, cannot be allowed to compete for admission
to MBBS/BDS courses for 2007-08.”
The Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice P
Jyothimani, said that during counselling, the Selection Committee
should follow rules and ascertain whether the applicant had
already joined a professional course or whether he/she is eligible
to apply for MBBS/BDS by virtue of Clause 6(ii) of prospectus
for previous years.
The Bench orally clarified that two conditions shall be complied
with during counselling: One, verification of whether a student
had already got admission to any other professional course;
two, if such candidates had discontinued the courses, their
seats did not go waste. The Judges further added that it was
for the student concerned to convince the Selection Committee
about their status.
In their order, the Judges said that in the event of a student,
who had discontinued his/her old courses and even collected
their Transfer Certificates, is held to be ineligible, he/she
should be allowed to continue in their respective courses. By
discontinuing their professional courses, the students concerned
not only wasted their own academic career, but also caused a
huge loss to society ultimately.
Earlier, Mr. Justice Shah said the “strange” change
in admission norms this year, wherein students undergoing other
professional courses became eligible to apply for MBBS/BDS admissions,
might be intentional.
Advocate-General R. Viduthalai said there was no motive behind
the move to give them an opportunity to get admission to medical
and dental courses.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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