Lifting a stay on the admissions to various courses through NEET, the court, however, asked the Maharashtra Government to prepare a separate list for candidates from outside the state, but restrained the government from putting that out without its review.
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The NCP on Saturday appealed to private medical colleges under the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, and medical colleges under the aegis of deemed universities in the state to allot 85 per cent of their seats on merit to students from the state board. Approximately, 2,500 students take the medical entrance exams of Abhimat university, which has eight branches across Maharashtra.
For the benefit of medical students who were forced to sit for multiple examinations to secure a medical college seat, the SC had on April 29 ordered holding of a single-window test – NEET – in two phases.
More than 20,000 students had enrolled for the brought together confirmation process through NEET for admissions to 1,675 seats in esteemed foundations in Maharashtra.
Senior counsel Vineet Naik who appeared for the association had argued against the new eligibility rules and said, “The domicile criteria impinges upon rights of private institutions to admit student from all over the country”.
Justice M S Sonak, presiding over the case, rejected the continuation of interim relief given to the petitioner, Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir, a trust which runs a dental college in Nashik.
It has been acknowledged that many states, since previous year, had mandated that students seeking admission in medical courses must have SSC and HSC certificate from the same state where they wish to pursue medical studies. “List these matters on Monday i.e. September, 19, 2016. before the Constitution Bench where similar matters are pending”, the bench said.
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The High Court had stayed the mandatory common counselling, but made it clear that the deemed universities shall admit students strictly on the basis of the ranking in NEET. Advocate General Rohit Deo told the court, “We are accountable to the students of Maharashtra not the petitioners. They can not go to at least 10/11 other states”, said Rohit Deo. “Probably 10-11 states have similar legislation in place”, Deo said. Counsel for the students, MM Vashi argued that domicile was different from reservation.
