HC allows 4 foreign educated doctors to pursue PG degrees
Vaibhav Ganjapure | tnn | Mar 24, 2019, 05:15 IST
Nagpur: Coming to the rescue of four doctors, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court (HC) allowed them to take admissions to postgraduate medical (PG) courses, although on interim basis.
All of them had pursued their MBBS degrees from Chinese and Russian universities and had applied for post graduation.
A division bench comprising justices Ravi Deshpande and Shreeram Modak directed the State Common Entrance Test (CET) commissioner to process the applications of doctors Vaibhav Kale, Chetan Gangane, Swarup Ingole, and Narendra Naukarkar on provisional basis.
The HC also issued notices to respondents, including principal secretary of state public health department, to reply by March 27. CET Cell commissioner, director, and his deputy in public health service and Mumbai-based Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) director (PG), are the other respondents in the case. Assistant government pleader Nivedita Mehta waived off notices on behalf of the state government.
According to the petitioners, they cleared NEET for PG admissions but were prohibited by the CET cell clarifying that they don’t fit into the eligibility criterion of having MBBS degrees from Indian universities only. They were, however, engaged into service in government-run health care establishments in remote parts since the last three years. They challenged CET cell’s decision in the HC through counsel Anil Kilor.
“There is no bar contained for such candidates in the Government Resolution (GR) of May 3, 2011, as is created, in respect of 50% of the vacancies to be filled at the state level from the candidates not in service. By way of interim order, we direct that the applications of the petitioners should be processed on provisional basis, without conferring any right upon them,” the judges said before partially offering them relief.
The 2011 GR allows in-service medical officers with foreign degrees to apply for PG courses. In February, the government came out with new rules that prohibited the students from pursuing PG courses if their MBBS degrees belonged to foreign universities.
Earlier, Kilor contended that all these students had completed their three years of in-service in city only and are eligible for PG admissions. He pointed out that last year also, many such candidates completing their degrees from universities abroad were allowed to seek admissions into PG courses.
Just because their degrees are from Russian and Chinese universities, they can’t be barred from seeking admissions into PG courses, he argued.
All of them had pursued their MBBS degrees from Chinese and Russian universities and had applied for post graduation.
A division bench comprising justices Ravi Deshpande and Shreeram Modak directed the State Common Entrance Test (CET) commissioner to process the applications of doctors Vaibhav Kale, Chetan Gangane, Swarup Ingole, and Narendra Naukarkar on provisional basis.
The HC also issued notices to respondents, including principal secretary of state public health department, to reply by March 27. CET Cell commissioner, director, and his deputy in public health service and Mumbai-based Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) director (PG), are the other respondents in the case. Assistant government pleader Nivedita Mehta waived off notices on behalf of the state government.
According to the petitioners, they cleared NEET for PG admissions but were prohibited by the CET cell clarifying that they don’t fit into the eligibility criterion of having MBBS degrees from Indian universities only. They were, however, engaged into service in government-run health care establishments in remote parts since the last three years. They challenged CET cell’s decision in the HC through counsel Anil Kilor.
“There is no bar contained for such candidates in the Government Resolution (GR) of May 3, 2011, as is created, in respect of 50% of the vacancies to be filled at the state level from the candidates not in service. By way of interim order, we direct that the applications of the petitioners should be processed on provisional basis, without conferring any right upon them,” the judges said before partially offering them relief.
The 2011 GR allows in-service medical officers with foreign degrees to apply for PG courses. In February, the government came out with new rules that prohibited the students from pursuing PG courses if their MBBS degrees belonged to foreign universities.
Earlier, Kilor contended that all these students had completed their three years of in-service in city only and are eligible for PG admissions. He pointed out that last year also, many such candidates completing their degrees from universities abroad were allowed to seek admissions into PG courses.
Just because their degrees are from Russian and Chinese universities, they can’t be barred from seeking admissions into PG courses, he argued.
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