The Andhra Pradesh High Court has sought information from two medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh to verify the procedure being followed by the colleges in allocating MBBS seats to the students.
While dealing with a contempt of court case by minority students organization seeking action against both the medical colleges viz., Deccan Medical College and Shadan Medical College for failing to implement an earlier court order, a division bench comprising Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy and Justice Challa Kondandaram of the AP High Court directed both the medical colleges furnish material before the court to verify the transparent admission procedures being followed by the colleges while allocating MBBS to the students.
The court has directed both the colleges to submit complete information pertaining to MBBS admissions from 2010-2011 to till date.
According to the petitioners, it is contended in the court that a division bench in 2008, had passed an order by giving series of directions to the two colleges on the process to be adopted while making admissions into medical courses. The bench specially directed them to facilitate students to buy and submit applications by the post. The petitioners alleged that the colleges issued news paper notifications in 2009 that submission of the applications by post was not permissible. The bench asked the managements to show how they implemented the judgement and adjourned the case after one month.
In view of the above case it is clearly evident that not many private colleges are following proper standard and transparent procedure in MBBS admissions. With more number of such complaints pertaining to selling of MBBS seats for lakhs of rupees, already the state government is under pressure from Medical Council of India (MCI) regarding submission of transparent admission being adopted by the private medical colleges with respect to the management quota seats.
According to sources, with this new directive from the AP high court to the two medical colleges, the state government too is feeling the pressure as it fears the court may direct the state government to come up with a standardized draft procedure to ensure transparency in the admission of MBBS seats in private medical colleges.
Last week, the state government had a meeting with the private medical college managements and had both the parties have come to a mutual understanding that the private college managements will shun hiking the fee structures to MBBS seats in return to government not interfere with the admission procedures of management quota seats.