Andhra Pradesh High Court directs medical colleges to display permission at gate
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that all medical education institutions across the state, both government as well as private, shall display at the gates of the institutions and on their website, all permissions and recognitions required to admit students.
While dealing with an appeal by the Government of India, represented by its secretary to the ministry of health and family welfare department, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar said that it is mandatory for every institution imparting medical education, including paramedical and nursing, ayurveda, homeopathy, unani and allopathy, to prominently display all the required permissions from concerned authorities, including the Medical Council of India, during the time of admission every academic year.
The bench directed the secretary to medical education to circulate copies of this order to all district collectors who in turn are to circulate the copies to all the institutions in their jurisdiction and ensure proper implementation of the order. The bench ruled that the concerned universities must see to it that the order is followed and if any institution fails to follow the direction, the concerned university and the MCI has to take steps to see that no student is admitted to such institutions.
The ministry of health and family welfare department moved an appeal after a single judge granted order in favour of certain students of Sri Vaageswari Ayurvedic Medical College, Kurnool and Vaagdevi Ayurvedic Medical College, Warangal of the academic year 2009-10.
The Eamcet convener gave admission to the students on the basis of the provisional recognition granted by the NTR Health University. However, the ministry of health and family welfare, department of ayurveda, had rejected the applications submitted by the two institutions for permission. The convener had issued notification for fresh admission in view of the rejection of permission. Aggrieved by this, the students moved the High Court, which directed the authorities that the students continue in the institutions and complete their course. Against the order, the ministry moved the appeal. While admitting the appeal, the bench said that in the interest of students it should be made mandatory that the institutions display their permissions while admitting students.
