A group of 16 students who cleared their Plus Two examinations this year have filed a petition in the Madras High Court Bench here challenging the State Government’s decision to permit students who cleared the examinations in the previous years to compete with them for admission into medical colleges this year.
The petitioners claimed that such permission would only benefit students who passed out last year since the number of centum scorers in science subjects was high in 2014. When the matter came up before Justice S. Vaidyanathan on Friday, he directed the Registry to club the petition along with two similar cases pending in the principal seat of the High Court in Chennai.
Petitioners’ counsel Isaac Mohanlal pointed out that 2,710 students had scored centum in physics in 2014 as against just 214 students this year. Similarly, the number of centum scorers in chemistry and biology was 1,693 and 652 respectively in 2014 but the corresponding figure for this year was only 1,049 and 387.
“Many students were able to score high marks last year due to relatively easy question papers set during that year. It was not the case this year. Last year many students could not gain admission in MBBS course since the number of centum scorers was very high. Those students had to be content with studying dental courses in various colleges in the State.
