Clearing the decks for commencement of admissions to post graduate medical courses, the Madras High Court today dismissed petitions seeking reservation of 50 per cent seats in PG diploma courses under the all India quota to in-service candidates.
The court, in its interim order, had yesterday directed the Director General of Health Services and state selection committee not to allot seats for PG medical courses to any student, both under the all India quota and state quota, until further orders.
The authorities can go on with the counselling process, but shall not allot seats till further orders, Justice S Vaidyanathan had said.
Dismissing pleas filed by C Sudhan and six others, the judge today said "a reading of regulation 9(IV) and 9(VIII) of PG Medical Education regulation 2000 makes it very clear that percentage cannot be taken into account while preparing all India merit list."
"... Regulation 9(IV) and 9(VIII) cannot be applied to the all India quota counselling and the marks obtained under the NEET exam alone can be taken into account."
"The places we serve are notified as remote/difficult areas by the state government and thereby we are entitled for additional weightage marks as per Regulation 9 (IV) of PG Regulations 2000 under all India quota seats."