Thiruvananthapuram: With the case filed by the state government against the fee structure fixed by the High Court for KMCT, Kannur and Karuna Medical colleges, failing to come up before the Supreme Court on Thursday, the confusion over the issue in these colleges would continue even after the admission process for MBBS courses ended on Friday. The students admitted to these colleges would have to provisionally pay the High Court allowed fee.
Kozhikode KMCTA medical college and Kannur Medical College were allowed to charge Rs 10 lakh for each merit seat and Rs 7.50 lakh for a seat in Palakkad Karuna Medical College. The final fee will be based on SC judgement. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters in Kozhikode that the state government would move the court against self-financing colleges taking excess fees. Accepting '2.5 lakh in colleges who signed a deal with the government is seen as a great crime by the UDF. They are silent about colleges taking '10 lakh as fees,” he said.
The Supreme Court had accepted the agreement signed between the Government and self-financing medical college managements. Admissions were conducted as per the court’s directive. If any changes have to be made in the deal, it can be done only as per court directive. The government cannot do anything on its own, Mr Vijayan said. Meanwhile, KMCT medical colleges had withdrawn the case filed by them in the Supreme Court against the government directive on taking over the admission process. Health Minister K K Shylaja meanwhile, dismissed the media reports that she was scolded by the chief minister for her interventions in the self financing medical college issue.
