New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued directive to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) to submit the total number of seats lying vacant under the management quota of eleven self-financing medical colleges in the state. CEE has to submit its report in front of the court by Thursday i.e. on September 23, 2010.
Bench comprising Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar has issued the order on Monday i.e. on September 20, 2010. Moreover, the student counsel had a doubt on the submission made by Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the CEE, saying that 97 seats had been left vacant.
Earlier, on August 30, 2010, the Supreme Court has directed the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association (KPMCMA) to admit students from the rank lists prepared by CEE based on the Common Entrance Test (CET) this year, to the 35 percent of seats under the management quota in its colleges.
The Bench had also refused to put a stay on the judgment of Kerala High Court that declared an entrance test conducted by the KPMCMA on May 30, 2010, void and out of action. The test had been conducted for admission to the management seats in eleven self-financing colleges.
Mr. Subramaniam, in reply to a question from Justice Reddy, had told that the court during a resumed hearing on Monday that 97 seats reserved under the management quota were still left to be filled and around 253 students were willing to pay the fee that was fixed under the management quota and had joined the course. However, some students still had to give the bank guarantee.
Furthermore, Mr. Subramaniam also suggested to conduct a Common Entrance Test (CET) for the leftover seats, but the senior counsel V Giri disputed his claims by saying that the number of seats that were left vacant was higher than the number stated in court. However, G E Vahanvati, Attorney General for the State is in favor of conducting CET for the rest of the seats.
The Supreme Court Bench then asked CEE to file an affidavit, which includes the total number of vacant seats and measures that are to be taken to fill those seats. The SC Bench had then asked the CEE to file an affidavit that included the total number of seats that were to be filled and how the vacancies will be filled. The matter was posted for further hearing on September 23, 2010, when appropriate orders would be passed.
