Relief for PG medical aspirants who moved Bombay high court against bond rider
Swati Deshpande | TNN | Updated: Mar 6, 2019, 17:34 IST
Bombay high court.MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted interim relief to 45 students who are seeking admission to postgraduate medical courses but are hit by the one-year bond condition.
The court allowed these students, who have filed a petition, to appear for counselling rounds to be commenced from March 13 for admission for the academic year 2019-20. However, it is estimated that there are several hundreds students who may be affected by the 2017 GR.
The students through their counsel, V M Thorat, challenged government resolutions dated October 2017 and November 2017. The October 2017 resolution made it compulsory for each and every student to undergo government service of one year as bonded candidate immediately after completion of internship as a pre-condition for their eligibility to appear for PG-CET, failing which a Rs 10 lakh compensation fee is stipulated.
The court has not stayed the two GRs. But the court has directed the Directorate of Medical Education and Research not to insist on the modalities framed under the two GRs, so far as the petitioners are concerned.
In the petition, medical students, Digvijay Patel, 26, and others, said when they were enrolled into MBBS courses as far back as in 2011, a more lenient GR of 2008 was in force. It allowed students to complete PG without undergoing rural service. Also a notification of November 2011 allowed only two attempts to secure PG admission, failing which the bond condition would kick in.
The government sought time for its reply and matter has been posted to April 24.
The court allowed these students, who have filed a petition, to appear for counselling rounds to be commenced from March 13 for admission for the academic year 2019-20. However, it is estimated that there are several hundreds students who may be affected by the 2017 GR.
The students through their counsel, V M Thorat, challenged government resolutions dated October 2017 and November 2017. The October 2017 resolution made it compulsory for each and every student to undergo government service of one year as bonded candidate immediately after completion of internship as a pre-condition for their eligibility to appear for PG-CET, failing which a Rs 10 lakh compensation fee is stipulated.
The court has not stayed the two GRs. But the court has directed the Directorate of Medical Education and Research not to insist on the modalities framed under the two GRs, so far as the petitioners are concerned.
In the petition, medical students, Digvijay Patel, 26, and others, said when they were enrolled into MBBS courses as far back as in 2011, a more lenient GR of 2008 was in force. It allowed students to complete PG without undergoing rural service. Also a notification of November 2011 allowed only two attempts to secure PG admission, failing which the bond condition would kick in.
The government sought time for its reply and matter has been posted to April 24.
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