The Orissa High Court on Tuesday ordered the Union Government to amicably settle the medicos’ issue of the Sardar Rajas Medical College by discussing it with the Odisha Government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) by November 9 and file an affidavit in this regard in the court on November 10.
Since the State Government has decided to shut down the Kalahandi-based medical college, confusion prevails over the future of the present 124 students of the college. The High Court had earlier ordered the State Government to split the medicos among three private medical colleges in the State for completion of their courses.
On October 8, the State Government had submitted a proposal to the MCI to relocate the students in three private medical colleges at Bhubaneswar.
The MCI, however, wanted to relocate those admitted in management quota to private colleges and others admitted under Government quota to Government colleges and, accordingly, submitted an affidavit in the High Court stating that the Centre also endorses the proposal.
A Division Bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanti and Dr DP Choudhury passed the order after the MCI filed its affidavit.