The Orissa High Court on Monday asked the State Government to express its views on two of the three conditions set by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to remove the confusion over the future of 124 medicos enrolled in the Sardar Rajas Medical College in Kalahandi.
In an effort to resolve the issue, the MCI has insisted the Government give an undertaking that the defunct medical college would be shut down forever. The other two conditions are shifting of students admitted in State quota to Government medical colleges and students under management quota to private medical colleges.
Adjudicating a petition filed by one Subhalaxmi Dash and others, a Division Bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanti and DP Choudhury asked the State counsel to get instructions from the Government on the last two conditions and posted the matter to be heard again on Tuesday. “On the MCI condition for the Government to give an undertaking over shutting down the defunct medical college, the High Court has given a relief to the Government,” informed an Additional Government Advocate (AGA) conducting the case.
The Government has, however, expressed its reservation over the second condition of the MCI saying students of defunct college being shifted to a Government medical college at this stage would give unfair advantage to these students and the same would run counter to the “principles of equality”.