Madras High Court reserves orders on petitions
Posted on: 23/Jun/2015 11:36:05 AM
Orders were reserved on pleas that sought to confine the ongoing MBBS counselling only to students who passed Plus-Two in May by Madras High Court.
After hearing arguments, a Division Bench comprising Justices Satish K. Agnihotri and M. Venugopal permitted the authorities to continue with the counselling and observed that no allotment orders could be issued till the order was pronounced on the matter.
It said that as per Supreme Court order, the first round of counselling and admissions for the present academic year shall be completed by June 25 and last date of joining the allotted colleges fixed on July 3.
For 2015-16 MBBS admissions, 31,525 eligible applications were received, of which only 4,679 belong to previous year students. Of 2,257 MBBS seats available in government medical colleges, 1,709 will go to 2014-15 students whereas only 548 will go to the students of earlier year batches, which amounts only to 24 per cent of total seats.
