The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Order quashing admissions to dental courses stayed

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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Order quashing admissions to dental courses stayed

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed a single judge order quashing the admissions made by the Karnataka Linguistic and Religious Minority Private Colleges Association (KLRMPCA) to post-graduate (PG) dental courses.

The single judge had allowed petitions by several students and directed the Government and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to conduct afresh both counselling and admission of students to post-graduate courses.

A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice N.K. Patil, which was hearing appeals against the single judge order, clarified that the interim order quashing the admissions would not mean that it was approving the admissions made for 2006-07 by the colleges coming the KLRMPCA. These admissions were made before the order of the single judge quashing the admissions.

The Bench was dealing with the appeals by institutions coming under the association, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Oxford Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, and Al-Ameen Dental College, Bijapur. The Bench noted that even if the single judge's order was not stayed, the candidates selected as per the counselling conducted by the RGUHS could not be admitted as the last date for admission, fixed by the Supreme Court, had expired.

It also said that it had stayed the single judge order as it was passed without hearing the colleges concerned. It said the colleges had erred in not conducting centralised counselling to select candidates. The Bench said it was unhappy that "despite the Supreme Court directions, admissions to post-graduate courses have resulted in litigation jeopardising the careers of students."

Though it was not possible for this court to direct fresh admissions at this stage due to the Supreme Court order, the High court could act against them so as to deter them from repeating such mistakes.

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