SC bans counselling by pvt med colleges
Process
To Be Carried Out By States'
After
setting out implementation of the national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET)
as the single window exam for admission in all medical colleges, the Supreme
Court said on Thursday that private medical colleges cannot conduct counselling
for admission to MBBS and BDS courses.
The
admission process, the court said, would be done through centralised
counselling conducted by the state governments concerned.This means that
educational institutions will not be able to reach out to prospective students
through “offer letters“ on the basis of NEET results.
The court
passed the order on a petition filed by the Madhya Pradesh government seeking
contempt proceedings against private colleges which, it said, were defying the
SC order by holding their own counselling for admission in MBBS and BDS
courses. The order has wider application as private colleges in other states
are also conducting counselling which has been challenged in the court.
“If any
counselling has been done by any college or university and any admission has
been given so far, such admission shall stand cancelled forthwith and admission
shall be given only as per centralised counselling done by the state
government,“ a five-judge Constitution bench said. The SC, however, refused to
pass any punitive order against the colleges on the contempt plea and allowed
them to send their representatives to participate in the counselling process.
(TOI)
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