HYDERABAD: With Hyderabad High Court issuing a stay on GOs pertaining to allocation of MBBS seats in minority medical colleges in TS here on Monday, convenor of the examination, however, said that the court proceedings will have little impact on the overall admission process.
The GOs 115, 117 and 119 pertaining to the allotment of seats and 5 per cent fee hike in unaided minority colleges have been stalled by the court on Monday.
With the first round of counselling already underway, Dr V Karunakaran, vice-chancellor of the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, said the admissions that happened till now would not be disturbed. “We have not received court order till now but it will not have any bearing on admissions that have happened so far. Besides, it will not impact more than 400 seats since the GO is only for minority colleges,” he said.
The amendments in the said GO allowed for allocation of seats in the ratio of 50:35:15, with 50 pc of seats under Category A going to minority students, 35 pc under Category B belonging to the management quota and 15 pc under Category C under NRI quota.
Karunakaran said that in colleges where category B is filled by now, the students would join the college. In cases where seats are still vacant, they will be converted into Category A.
“Unlike government and corporate colleges, minority colleges constitute very less percentage of seats and will not impact more than 120 seats,” he said. The three minority colleges Dr VRK Women’s Medical College, Deccan College of Medical Sciences and Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences together constitute for 400 seats. There are 2,100 and 1,100 seats in private and government medical colleges available in TS.
Students, meanwhile, have hailed the Court’s ruling. Dr Srinivas, a member of Junior Doctors Association, is positive that the ruling will soon have its affect on non-minority colleges too. “The five per cent fee hike led students to approach the court. Now, even students seeking admissions in non-minority institutions will seek court intervention. By doing so they will get a benefit of 1,050 seats,” he said.