The Madras High Court on Friday directed the State government not to issue allotment orders to candidates during the ongoing counselling for the MBBS course till Monday, as several petitions over the matter were pending before court.
When a plea seeking to restrict the ongoing admission only to students who passed the Plus Two exams in May 2015 came up for hearing, a Division Bench comprising Justices Satish K. Agnihotri and M. Venugopal directed the government not to issue allotment orders, but allowed it hold counselling.
“Keeping in mind the urgency and that so many students are involved, we will certainly not permit you to go ahead with the process. Counselling can be done, but do not take any decision. We are not stopping the process. You can go ahead with counselling, but no admission can be made till Monday,” the bench said. Since the Advocate General agreed not to issue allotment orders no written orders were necessary, the Bench said.
During the hearing of the case, Advocate General A.L. Somayaji sought permission for counselling to continue, observing that many students from far off places have to come and counselling for differently-abled students had commenced on Friday.
