BANGALORE: The High Court on Friday asked the Directorate of Medical Education to frame special rules to provide reservation to the benefit of the single girl child for post-graduate (PG) studies in medicine.
Disposing a petition filed by MS Supreetha, a resident of Bangalore, Justice AS Bopanna directed the authorities to consider the representation of Supreetha to make the special rule.
After pursuing MBBS at Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar in 2008, Supreetha wanted to pursue Doctor of Medicine (MD), seeking a seat under the quota for single girl child.
The Union government had earlier provided reservation to single girl child in education, which benefits girls who are the only child in their families.
This policy has been adopted in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab vis-a-vis higher education, the petitioner argued.
The petitioner had applied for an MD seat at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
She approached the High Court after the university rejected her application.
HC issues notice to Transport Minister The High Court has pulled up the government for transferring employees in the public sector without citing reasons.
Justice Rammohan Reddy issued notices to Transport Minister R Ashok and CT Ravi, MLA of Chikmagalur after hearing a petition filed by Flossy Philomena D Souza, account supervisor in KSRTC, Chikmagalur depot.
“It was a serious lapse on the part of the authority to make a transfer at the behest of the Transport Minister and the MLA,” the court said.
The petitioner contended that she was transferred to Kolar at the behest of the minister and the MLA, without specifying any reasons. The court d i r e c t e d t h e Transport Minister and the MLA be impleaded as respondents in the petition.
Notice to Mass Education director The HC has directed the director of Mass Education to appear before the court on December 4, regarding charges of misappropriation in Mahila Vidya Peetha in Kengeri.
Hearing a petition filed by MK Mallaiah, principal of Mahila Vidya Peetha, Kengeri, Justice Rammohan Reddy asked the director to place all records pertaining to the peetha. The petitioner alleged that there was misappropriation regarding the properties of the peetha.