Managements of MES and Karakonam medical colleges have urged the State government to withhold the second phase of MBBS seat allotments in the State as the fee structure and number of seats available are still unclear.
Muslim Educational Society (MES) president P.A. Fazal Gafoor told reporters here on Friday that the students who secured seats in the first allotment were a confused lot due to the vagueness.
He urged the government to wait until the court verdicts on all the cases were pronounced.
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Mr. Gafoor brushed away rumours that the two medical colleges had backed out of an agreement with the State government to follow the previous year’s fee structure, following a row over the fresh fee structure that fixed ₹5 lakh as fee for 85% of the seats. “We are ready for an agreement if the three clauses in the Supreme Court order are reinstated,” he said.
As per the Supreme Court verdict in the TMA Pai case and Inamdar case, the managements were allowed to get a bank guarantee or deposit to compensate for the loss in case a student drops out without completing the course.
“The bank guarantee is more reliable than a bond. We have accepted bank guarantees only from those students who pay a higher fee. No such guarantees are demanded from students who secure admission in the government quota,” he said. However, the Kerala High Court, while fixing the new fee structure, had chucked this clause.
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Another clause that the vacant seats in the minority quota will by default be added to the government quota was added, which was against the Supreme Court order, he said.
Mr. Gafoor said the ambiguity in the fee structure was due to the neglect of the James committee which failed to take a final decision on it in the previous year. The cases in the Supreme Court and High Court regarding the agreement and the fee will both come up for hearing on August 21.