Nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court gave its nod to admissions in 13 private medical colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the fate of more than 600 students continues in the balance.
With the dispute over some technical aspects and amount of fee to be charged by the managements continuing, the colleges have still not come out with their notifications.With each passing day the apprehensions of the qualified girls and boys were mounting that they may not after all be able to realise of their dreams of becoming doctor.
According to the managements of the college, directive of Supreme Court that the colleges should fill all the seats under the merit quota and charge only the Government fee has become the stumbling block.“Normally we fill 60 per cent of our seats under the merit quota on fee fixed by the Government while 40 per cent seats are filled under management quota on a higher fee”, said an official of a private medical college in Hyderabad.
As filling all the seats under convener quota will make their colleges financially unviable, the managements had approached the Supreme Court with a review petition seeking a change and allowing them to fill 40 per cent seats under management quota.But the apex court refused to accept the request and asked them to follow the original order.
“As this will make running the college impossible, we may not admit the students this year,” another college spokesperson said. The college managements were also under pressure because the Supreme Court has asked each of them to deposit Rs10 crore as a guarantee that they will provide faculty and other necessary facilities.
It may be recalled here that the Medical Council of India after a surprise visit cancelled the permissions of these colleges and stopped them from giving admissions this year. The MCI teams had found the colleges without sufficient faculty and other facilities.However, the medical colleges approached the Supreme Court to restore their permissions and allow them to admit the students. Though Supreme Court granted a conditional nod to them, the dispute over fee structure seems to have crashed the hopes of the students.