BANGALORE: The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) has proposed to set aside 50 per cent of the seats in postgraduate (PG) medical and dental colleges to students from Karnataka.

This is being done to give priority to students from the State. This will be given effect once the examinations for PG courses are conducted in January.

Sources said of the 50 per cent seats reserved for Karnataka students, 25 per cent will be for the Backward Classes and weaker sections of society.

All reservations will be based on merit. Although the Supreme Court, in the P.A. Inamdar case, had permitted private managements to fill 15 per cent of the seats under the non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota, COMED-K will not be utilising the full quota.

It has resolved to fill 15 per cent of the seats by giving priority to institutional preference, in service candidates and NRIs. It feels there is no need to set aside the entire quota for NRIs as the number of students under this category is less, compared to undergraduate courses.

The consortium will request the committee on fixation of fees headed by retired judge Rangavittalachar to fix the fee structure for the courses.

In case the committee expresses its inability to do so, the consortium will reach a consensus.

There is unlikely to be any change in the fees of students who are in the final year of the course.

The consortium has written to the State Government regarding the conduct of PG examinations. The letter details the minutes of the meeting held by the consortium members along with the decision taken to reserve certain category of seats and on the fee structure.

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