A writ plea has been made in the Madras High Court for a direction to the State government to ensure effective implementation of TN Act 12 of 2006 prescribing 69 per cent reservation for BCs, MBCs, SCs and STs for admission to private medical colleges and deemed universities and MCI regulations on fixation of fees.
The first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam, before which the public interest writ petition from the Indian Medical Assocaition, represented by its honorary State secretary Dr JA Jayalal, came up for hearing today, ordered notice to authorities concerned returnable in four weeks.
Jayalal contended that the TN Backward, SC and ST (Reservation of Seats in Private Educational Institutions) Act, 2006 prescribed 30 per cent for students belonging to backward classes, 20 per cent for MBCs and denotified groups, 18 per cent for SCs and one for STs for admission in educational institutions.
The Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 (Amended up to February 2012) was the norm in force on payment of fees in UG medical courses throughout the country. Hence, it applied to all institutions, including medical colleges and deemed universities.
It was mandatory for the private and unaided medical colleges to comply with the Act and Regulations. However, these colleges did not follow the norms, petitioner contended and prayed for a direction to ensure strict adherence.
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