NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday gave an ultimatum to Maharashtra government to reimburse fee of MBBS students from open category, who were admitted into private colleges after Maratha quota was implemented by the previous BJP government.
A division bench comprising justices Atul Chandurkar and Nitin Suryavanshi warned the government to complete formalities in three weeks or principal secretary of State Medical Education and Drugs Department would be summoned in the court.
The directives came while hearing a plea by 19 MBBS students from NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences (NKPSIMS) and Research Centre, and three others from Panjabrao Deshmukh Medical College (PDMC), Amravati.
The petitioners are among 112 open category students admitted to private colleges after the previous government, under then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, assured to pay their fees over and above the amount charged by Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals (GMCH) in the state.
Despite securing meritorious marks, all of them had failed to get admissions to GMCHs due to implementation of Maratha (SEBC) and EWS quotas. As a one-time measure, Fadnavis government had granted relief to all of them by agreeing to pay their private colleges fees, including tuition and hostel charges.