Even as a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday issued notice to self-financing medical colleges which have not signed a seat-sharing agreement with the State government on a writ petition, the government submitted that it proposes to take action against such medical colleges.
The Bench comprising Justice K. Surendra Mohan and Justice Shaji P. Chali issued the directive when a writ petition filed by Anju M. Varghese of Thiruvananthapuram seeking a directive to the colleges to enter into an agreement came up for hearing.
When the petition was taken up for hearing, senior Government Pleader Roshan D. Alexander submitted that on the starting of allotment process, only seven managements had entered into an agreement with the government. They are Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur; Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur; Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Kolenchery; Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla; Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, North Kuthiyathode; Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College, Thiruvananthapruam; and SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Six other colleges were not able to enter into an agreement as they had not received permission from the Medical Council of India.
Five other medical colleges — KMCT Medical College, Kozhikode; Karuna Medical College, Palakkad; Kannur Medical College, Kannur; MES Medical College, Malappuram; and Travancore Medical College, Kollam — did not cooperate with the government on the discussion for entering into consensual agreement.
The government proposed to take action against the colleges which had refused to sign agreements with the government. The action included withdrawing the essentiality certificates of the colleges, requesting Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) to cancel affiliation of these colleges after conducting an inspection, and withdrawing of facilities such as service of PHC/ autopsy perceiving facilities and permission to use cadavers. The government had taken all possible steps to persuade the self-financing colleges to enter into a consensual agreement.
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According to the petitioner, because of the delay in entering into such agreement, candidates, including the petitioner, were denied a chance to get MBBS admission. The delay in finalisation of agreement would also affect the transparency and fairness of the selection process. the classes were scheduled to commence from September 1, 2015. However, no steps had been taken for allotment of students, the petition said.
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