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Government quota students denied admission

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: For several students who had secured medical and dental seats under the government quota, it was shock treatment at their colleges. Many colleges are alleged to have refused to admit them unless they paid a miscellaneous fee of about Rs. 45,000. The students had nowhere to go but to complain to the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell.

Several students were at the Cell on Tuesday expressing fears over losing their seats secured on payment of fees much lower than the fee charged under the management quota. September 15 is the last date to report to the colleges, after which they stand to lose their seats.

Panic writ large over their faces, the students and parents wondered how the colleges could not allot the seat based on the admission tickets issued by the CET Cell. They had paid the entire fees through demand drafts at the Cell and were given the admission cards. All they had to do was to the report to the colleges in time. Two city colleges, in particular, the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences reportedly sent back the government quota students.

According to the CET cell officials, they had been receiving individual complaints ever since the seat selection process began. But triggered by a panic reaction, there was a flood of complaints in the last few days, with the deadline of September 15 approaching.

The Cell is reportedly studying the complaints to initiate appropriate action against the colleges.

High Court verdict today

The Karnataka High Court will on Wednesday pronounce the judgment on the appeals by the State Government, the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell and several students against a single judge order.

The single judge had upheld the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms that candidates aspiring for a medical seat must secure 50 per cent of marks (40 per cent in case of a students coming under reserved category) in the qualifying examination.

With the judge upholding the MCI norms, the admission of 237 students stood imperilled.

The appeals had been heard by a Division Bench comprising Justice B. Padmaraj and Justice V. Jagannathan. The Bench will be pronouncing the order at 2.30 p.m., on Wednesday.

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