Madras HC quashes TN govt order on medical admission, finds it discriminatory
The Madras High Court On Friday Quashed A Tamil Nadu Government Order Reserving 85 Per Cent Of MBBS And BDS Seats To State Board Students And Only 15 Percent For CBSE And Other Boards, Holding That It Amounted To Discrimination Among Equals.
The Madras High Court on Friday quashed a Tamil Nadu government order reserving 85 per cent of MBBS and BDS seats to state board students and only 15 percent for CBSE and other boards, holding that it amounted to discrimination among equals.
Allowing petitions by some CBSE students challenging the June 22 state government order, Justice K Ravichndrababu held that the impugned reservation was bad in law and violated Art 14 of the Constitution (Equality before law).
He also held that the reservation indirectly meddled with the object and process of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and compromised on merits of selection.
The judge directed authorities to prepare a fresh merit list and conduct the counselling for admissions accordingly.
ALSO READ: KEAM Results: NEET rank list for Kerala released on cee-kerala.org
He had on July 11 reserved orders on the petitions by Darnish Kumar, a student represented by his parents, and two others and ordered status quo on the admission process till the adjudication of the matter.
The state government had defended the G.O, saying the policy of the state government was not in favour of NEET, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
More than 50 percent of the questions in the NEET were based on the CBSE syllabus and hence there was an inequality in the all-India exam, it had contended.
Assailing the G.O, the petitioners had submitted that the Supreme Court had clearly stated that when admission is based on entrance examination NEET, it should make no difference whether the qualifying examination was conducted by the state board or CBSE because no discrimination can be made between the schools affiliated to both the boards.
As per the earlier schedule, the merit list for medical courses was to be published today and the counselling to start on July 17.
For all the Latest Education News, Higher Studies News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps.
More from Education
JEE Main 2023: Notification will be out soon, Check Tentative Dates & Application Details
The eco conscious skin product era is finally here
Boosting the efficiency and success of SEO today
Kejriwal Government resolves to ensure quality education; reopens scheme to provide free coaching to SC/ST/OBC/EWS students
Kejriwal Government to proffer Rs 70 crores to 3.5 lakh students of Delhi