Expressing displeasure over the delay in compliance of its last month’s order on transfer of the Sardar Rajas Medical College students, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday emphatically asked the State Government to complete the admission
process of the transferred students by December 23 and file a compliance report before the court on December 24.
The High Court on November 18 had ordered transfer of all the 124 students of the defunct medical college to two Government and three private medical colleges of the State asking the Government to complete the transfer process within two weeks of the order.
However, due to resistance from medicos of the two Government medical colleges, MKCG of Brahmapur and VIMSAR of Burla, the Government could not meet the HC deadline. But nevertheless, the Government in an affidavit informed the court that last month’s order would be implemented soon.
A Division Bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanti and DP Choudhury also on the day admitted the intervention petitions filed by the students of the Government medical colleges and advised them to concentrate on their studies and not to neglect the patient care in their teaching hospitals.
Ever since the order of transfer was passed, the students of these Government colleges are on strike questioning how the students ranked much below them in the AIPMT examinations would be allowed to study with them. The Burla and Brahmapur students are also claiming
lack of facilities and faculties in their institutions.