Chennai: The Madras high court has made it clear that production of Aadhaar card and its photocopy compulsory at the time of counseling to admission into medical courses.
Passing an interim order on a batch of writ petitions on Friday Justice N.Kirubakaran has directed authorities of Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu to make submission of Aadhaar card and its photocopy by medical course aspirants as compulsory during the counseling.
The petitioners, in the writ petitions, alleged that other state students were admitted to medical courses in the state without ascertaining genuineness of their nativity. They also affect the opportunity of medical course aspirants hailing from Tamil Nadu to get benefit under the state quota.
Justice N.Kirubakaran said "it is stated that in all the other states Aadhaar number of the student has to be provided in the application itself. The fact has been confirmed by various counsels and they also pointed out that other states have made it compulsory to give Aadhaar of the candidates.
He said to confirm that the genuine state candidates are benefited under the state quota it is appropriate to make production of Aadhaar card and its photocopy compulsory at the time of counseling. With the help of this new process the students from other states could be prevented fro getting the benefit under the state quota.
Therefore, the authorities are directed to inform the candidates who have applied for medical admission to produce Aadhaar and its photocopy at the time of admission. This order shall be published by the authority concerned in the following website tnhealth.org andtnmedicalselection.org.
The same shall also be published in newspapers within two days so that the same is known to the candidates in advance. Further the authorities are directed to inform the candidates through SMS also. The judge posted that matter after two weeks for further hearing.
Originally, writ petitioner from R. Neeraj Kumar of Ayanavaram, a medical course aspirant, alleged that 104 candidates from other states got admission in Chennai Medical colleges and over all 440 students got admission TN colleges from other states.
The judge directed the secretary of selection committee of medical admission is directed to produce entire files of selected candidates with records. Subsequently, a committee of advocates and government officials had informed the court during a random verification of nativity certificates presented by 296 students admitted to MBBS (2017-18) courses in Tamil Nadu through Neet under CBSE category were found to be issued without any inquiry or scrutiny.
