The extended counselling to fill seats in medical and dental colleges in the State faced another hitch on Monday after an aspirant filed an appeal in the Madras High Court.
The aspirant, who had failed to get a seat under the All India Quota (AIQ) in the State government medical colleges, appealed to the court that she should be allowed to participate in the current round of counselling. The Central Board of Secondary Education candidate said she was ranked 7979 in the merit list.
The two-day extended counselling began on Sunday as seats under the AIQ were surrendered to the State government.
The Directorate of Medical Education had sent out text messages to 6,107 eligible students, officials said. AS many as 4,568 candidates were absent for counselling.
By noon on Monday, tension mounted as news spread that the court had directed that allotment letters should not be issued till an order on the aspirant’s plea was passed.
Vetrichelvi’s daughter with a cut off of 188.75 marks was upset that she might still not get a seat. “She refused to be waitlisted for self-financing dental seat as she hoped to get through the AIPMT quota. She did not even pay fees at Annamalai University medical college. A better score would have helped her,” regretted Vetrichelvi, a resident of Sirkazhi.
A few lucky students from Anna University managed to get into government medical colleges. K. Panneerselvam, an agricultural labourer, whose son had scored 1118, said: “My son is hoping to get into a government medical college. If not, he will continue the EEE course in Anna University.”
Selection Committee Secretary Usha Sadasivan said all seats had been filled and 191 students were waitlisted at the end of the counselling. “Allotment of letters would be made only after the court pronounces its order,” she added.
