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Managements’ tests illegal: Government

Kochi: The State Government on Thursday told a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court that the proposed entrance tests to be conducted by the Kerala Private Medical College Managements’ Association and the Kerala Private B.Pharm College Managements’ Association were illegal.

Advocate General C.P. Sudhakara Prasad made the submission before the Bench comprising Justice P.R. Raman and Justice K. Hema when two petitions filed by the associations seeking police protection for the conduct of the tests scheduled for June 23 in Kochi came up before the court. The Advocate General submitted that the P.A. Mohammed Committee’s order directing the self-financing college managements to admit students from the common entrance test list still remained in operation as far as the admission to the medical and B.pharm seats were concerned. A Division Bench had quashed the Committee’s order on a writ petition filed by the self-financing engineering college managements association. The medical college managements’ association had withdrawn its petition challenging the Committee’s order. The Advocate General said the Government could not provide protection to the conduct of tests as they were illegal.

Counsel for the petitioners contended that when the Government sought to restrain the managements from conducting its own tests when the Government filed a Special Leave Petition against the Division Bench’s verdict before the Supreme Court, no interim order was passed.

The petitioners said some ruling party members had announced that the associations would be prevented from conducting entrance tests if 50 per cent of the seats were not set apart as Government quota and also the Government fee for the seats were not collected from candidates. They said a petition had been filed before the Ernakulam City Police Commissioner seeking police protection. However, it appeared that the Commissioner feared that there would be political interference.

The Bench adjourned the hearing to Friday.

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