MBBS seat marked vacant over missed provisional admission order, HC grants relief, seeks NMC reply

Ahmedabad: Granting relief to an MBBS aspirant, whose seat was marked as vacant for failure to submit required documents, the Gujarat High Court has directed the admission committee for professional courses (ACPC) to keep an MBBS seat vacant at Narendra Modi Medical College in Ahmedabad.

The High Court has granted relief while considering a plea from the concerned student who paid her fees and began attending lectures at the medical college without submitting her provisional admission order at the help centre to confirm her admission.

During the second round of counselling, the petitioner opted for a medical college in Nadiad and later she opted for the Ahmedabad-based Narendra Modi Medical College in the third round. However, she missed an essential requirement to secure her seat.

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According to the latest media report by The Times of India, as a result, her seat was marked as vacant in the ACPC system. This resulted in the possibility of the student's admission being cancelled and the potential reallocation of the seat to another student.

Following this, the student approached the High Court and argued that her failure to submit the provisional allotment order was a bona fide mistake. She claimed that she was misled into believing her admission was confirmed after the payment of fees.

During the hearing the the case on Friday, ACPC opposed the plea, emphasizing that the requirement to submit the provisional allotment order was well-publicised and clearly stated on the portal and in all student documents. They also stressed the importance of adhering to the established admission procedures.

After a preliminary hearing, the HC bench comprising Justice Nirzar Desai said that it was a fact that the petitioner student had qualified on merit and she was assigned the seat by ACPC. Therefore, in the interest of justice, the court directed the respondents to "keep the seat held by the petitioner vacant"

However, the bench has sought responses on the matter from the Centre, the National Medical Commission (NMC), and the medical college before Monday's hearing.

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