The Admission Fee Regulatory Committee has imposed a fine of Rs 13.10 crore on six private medical colleges on the charge of providing admissions in management quota encroaching upon Government quota seats.
The action was taken after Dr Anand Rai of Indore had lodged a complaint with the Admission Fee Regulatory Committee regarding the irregularities in the allotment of seats to the new entrants.
Dr Rai had complained that the private colleges have conducted counseling at their level and filled the Government quota seats by converting them into management quota seats.
Chairman of Admission Fee Regulatory Committee TR Thapak told that colleges which have been penalised have to pay the fine within next two months and if the colleges fail to follow the instructions they would be charged an additional 12 per cent interest on the fine.
He said that the money collected from the fine would be deposited in the Higher Education loan Fund and would be spent on the deprived students pursuing medical studies.
Meanwhile Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has been instructed to complete counseling by September 15. Medical colleges should provide waiting list so that students could be provided with chance for admission on vacant seats.
The six medical colleges which have been fined are Arbindo Medical College Indore, Chirayu Medical College Bhopal, Index Medical College Bhopal, lN Medical College Bhopal, Peoples Medical College Bhopal and RD Medical College Bhopal.
Arbindo Medical College has been fined with Rs 40 lakh, Chirayu Medical College with Rs 2.25 crore, Index Medical College with Rs 5.50 crore, lN Medical College with Rs 2.45 crore, Peoples Medical College with Rs 2.15 crore and RD Medical College has been fined with Rs 35 lakh.