The Supreme Court on Friday said that no examination would be permitted to be held for admission to MBBS or BDS by any private college, association or private/ deemed university.
A three-judge bench of Justices Anil R. Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh and A.K. Goel, in a brief order, said the issue with regard to students who had appeared or who are due to appear in examinations by the states in accordance with local laws, shall be decided after hearing the Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar on May 9.
The bench said students who had appeared for Neet Phase-I on May 2 would not be permitted to take Neet Phase-II. Those who could not appear for the phase-I test may appear for the second phase on July 24.
The court is expected to allow Tamil Nadu to admit students on the basis of marks in the higher secondary exam. Students of states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat maybe allowed to admit students on the basis of local Cets.
Rajeev Dhavan, submitted that if private colleges are not allowed to make admissions through their own CET or through the association of private medical colleges, they were not obliged to surrender 50 per cent of their seats to the government quota and that this would result in a piquant situation. Mr Kumar said he would inform the court on Monday of the outcome of the meeting with all stakeholders so that it can pass orders.
DC Take:
Instead of a concrete solution, the ambiguity over Neet is increasing by the day. While earlier the concern was only about time or lack of it for students to appear for the exam, other concerns too have cropped up now. For instance, there is no clarity on how the new system will deal with the crucial issue of reservations. As of Friday, it was learnt that Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra maybe allowed to admit students on the basis of local Cets. It would not be wrong to say that the judgement on Neet is all not that informed and it has raised more questions than answers.
