The private medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh are refusing to admit MBBS students who have taken admission through Eamcet counselling in the state and pressing the state government not to implement the GO 136 as it requires private medical colleges to distribute management quota seats as per the merit list and in a transparent manner.

Over the past one month, there has been confusion amongst aspiring MBBS students, private medical college managements and parents regarding the issue of filling up of management quota MBBS seats in the state.

As there has been lots of complaints regarding auctioning of management quota seats, the government had proposed to fill Category C seats online to check irregularities and this has become a bone of contention.

Taking this into consideration, the private medical colleges are revolting against the state government and not accepting the admission of students enrolled through Eamcet stating that it has no power to interfere in the matter.

As there is already a writ petition filed in the High court by one Vark Prasad of Save Merit Society seeking a transparent online admission procedure and removal of against huge illegal capitation fees, the private management colleges are pressing on the government to let them decide on their own with regard to management quota ‘C’ category seats without any interference by the government.

Interestingly though the issue is over the ‘C’ category seats, the managements are refusing the admissions made by the government for Categories A and B through Eamcet counselling on the pretext that there is no clarity regarding admissions for Category C (management quota) seats and that a case is pending in the AP High Court regarding the same.

Last week, the NTR Health University has conducted the Medical counselling last week to fill about 2050 medical seats in all the 14 government colleges and 3050 medical seats in 22 private colleges across the state and had issued allotment orders to students to report to their respective colleges by July 31, 2012.

As the MBBS classes are scheduled to commence from first week of August, the students and parents are tense and confused. The managements were refusing admissions on one pretext or the other despite students showing them valid seat allotment letters.

As per the normal rules and set admission regulations, NTRUHS fills 50 per cent of seats in private medical colleges under Category A for fees of Rs.60,000 per annum and 10 per cent Category B seats for fees of Rs.240,000 per annum based on merit secured in Eamcet. The managements are allowed to fill the remaining 40 per cent seats on their own according to the 10+2 merit list and adopting transparent methods in the admission procedure. However, it is believed that the managements are illegally auctioning these seats and allotting to students who are willing to pay up to Rs.70 to 80 lakh depending on demand.

As the demand for medical seats is increasing the donations for MBBS seats in private colleges have gone up very high this year. There are about 1,220 MBBS seats available in the management quota in 23 private medical colleges in the state. Last year the private management colleges have earned huge sum up to Rs.610 crore through donations. It is believed that each seat was sold at a cost Rs.50 lakh. This year they are expecting a revenue of Rs.1,000 crore as donations.