Conveying its dissatisfaction over the reservation system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked it to review its formula for reservation of seats under various categories, in its future entrance exams for MD. Rejecting the reservation calculating scheme evidently, the court observed, “The formula applied by AIIMS is neither legal nor fair.”
While disposing off the petition filed by one Anusar Gupta, an OBC student who did not get admission in MD despite having topped the OBC category in AIIMS entrance test, the court found disparity in the number of seats reserved and those actually being admitted.
“The formula adopted by respondent (AIIMS) is not in conformity with the legislative mandate since sometimes the reserved category candidates are getting more than their due share and sometimes they are not getting the share which ought to have come to them,” said Justice VK Jain.
The judge also said in the order, “Not a single seat went to SC or ST candidate in July 2012, despite their share in the annual permitted strength being 15 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively. In January 2013, SC candidates got two out of five seats which is 40 per cent share though the quota reserved for them was only 15 per cent.”
“For July 2013, not a single seat has been provided to OBC candidates, despite reservation provided for them being 27 per cent. General Category candidates got four out of five seats, despite there being 49.5 per cent reservation,” he added. However, the court refused to intervene in the admission procedure in the current session (July 2013).