The Centre Tuesday filed a counter affidavit in the Madras High Court stating that two bills sent by the Tamil Nadu government to the office of President seeking exemption from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test had in fact been returned to the state in 2017.
Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs filed the affidavit before a division bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.
According to the affidavit, "The Tamil Nadu Admission to MBBS and BDS Courses Bill," and "The Tamil Nadu Admission to Post Graduate Courses in Medicine and Dentistry Bill,2017 " were placed for consideration of the president in the form of "summary signed by the Union Home minister on September 11, 2017."