Madhya Pradesh: SC issues notice to six private medical colleges

While hearing a contempt petition (which alleges that the state government and chairman of all six private medical colleges have indulged in unlawful acts), filed by whistleblower Dr Anand Rai and a medical college aspirant Abhinav Dubey, the apex court has sought replies from respondents within four weeks on why the seats were not adjusted despite Supreme Court judgement of Mridul Dhar in 2004.

As reported by TOI on the facts of the case, Advocate Amit Shukla, appearing for the petitioner, contended that the private colleges be directed to surrender 721 seats for admission under state quota.

"Private Medical Colleges exploited the liberty given by this court whereby the Court granted permission to fill the state quota seats through management quota candidates. The colleges, however, had deliberately chosen not to adhere the second critical condition of the direction that the management quota seats for the next academic year would stand reduced so as to set off the effect of excess admission in the management quota in the previous academic year," the petition said.

Appellate Authority of Admission and Fee Regularity Committee (AFRC) in its order dated May 2015 had affirmed that the admissions in private medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh were in violation of various orders passed by Supreme Court.