The High Court on Friday directed the Kerala Private College Medical Managements Association to file a counter affidavit on a petition filed by the state government seeking to postpone the entrance test in colleges under the association.
The examination is scheduled to be held on June 22 (Saturday).
Justice K T Sankaran and Justice B Kemal Pasha issued the directive while considering the interim application filed by the state.
Counsel for the association George Poonthottam sought more time to file the affidavit and the Bench posted the case to Monday. According to the state, the association was not cooperating to conduct the test in time.
“The association has not forwarded requisite details regarding the applicants, number of candidates who are eligible to appear for the examination etc. It has sought 10 more days to conduct the test,” it said.
Meanwhile, MES Medical College director P A Fazal Gafoor also approached the High Court seeking to quash the order of the Admission Supervisory Committee cancelling entrance test for management medical seats.
The exam was cancelled following media reports alleging manipulations and agitations by some students organisations and political parties outside the premises of the examination venue.
Gafoor submitted that none of the reasons stated in the committee’s order were genuine or proper.
The order to conduct a fresh entrance test by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations is illegal and contrary to the laws laid down by the Supreme Court in a series of decisions, including Mridul Dhar case, he said.