Taking serious note of the delay in communication to medical students from foreign countries as well as from the Northeast regarding admissions to government universities, he has directed the Centre to be informed about the State before August 15, every year, giving them time to join. .
The higher court noted that the last admission date in the first year of courses is August 31, while (MEA) has intimidated students from I ran , Bhutan and Nepal on their admissions on the eleventh hour, on August 30, which resulted in the denial of seats for them.
A bench of justices L Nageshwara Rao and Hemant Gupta, which allowed the students from foreign countries and the north-eastern states to take admission in the MBBS courses, said that a similar situation arose even last year and the court had to come to the rescue of students.
"In a similar situation that arose last year, we had to come to the rescue of the students who were intimated about their admission in the medical colleges at the eleventh hour. To avoid inconvenience being caused to the students who are sponsored by other countries & the State Governments and the Union Territories in whose favour seats are allocated, we direct the Government of India to intimate the concerned authorities of the State Governments, the Union Territories and other countries about the approval of admissions to candidates whose names are sponsored, at least 15 days before the last date of admission," the bench said.
The bench was hearing a plea of students including those from foreign countries and north-eastern states, who were granted admission from the central pool in the Government colleges but due to delayed communication by the MEA, the last date of admission had already passed as they reported to the colleges on September 1 & 2.