The Madras High Court on Friday stayed the order of the Tamil Nadu government relating to the use of the dual nativity certificate, which enabled students from outside to get admission to medical colleges in the State.
A division bench of Justices K. K. Sasidharan and G.R. Swaminathan granted an interim stay on the G.O. dated June 23, 2017, on a PIL filed by DMK MLA Palanivel Thiagarajan.
The PIL sought suspension of admission to MBBS courses in colleges in the State until the prayer regarding dual nativity certificates was resolved. The bench also ordered issuance of notice to the Tamil Nadu Health Secretary.
The petitioner submitted that the State government had failed to see the consequences of its order, which helped students from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala join the medical colleges in the State in view of more number of available seats.
There is proven case of 34 students from Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joining the medical colleges in the State using the dual nativity certificates despite their low rank in the NEET-based list in their respective States, but high rank in Tamil Nadu, he alleged. Citing an example, the petitioner claimed that Nirmala Anne, who had scored 3,129th rank in Kerala and 514th rank in NEET, got admission into Stanley Medical College in Chennai after she secured 160th rank in Tamil Nadu.
“There should be measures to check admissions using dual nativity certificates,” he said.
