Hyderabad: Thousands of students who took the medical stream of Friday’s AP Eamcet might have to write the test again. This situation will arise if the Supreme Court disallows the plea of the AP government to exempt the state from joining the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test this year.
Close to 1 lakh candidates wrote the test in AP and a few centres in Hyderabad.
Mr P.V.R.K. Murthy, chairman of Sri Gayatri institutions, said it all won’t depend on the fate of the pleas of the AP and TS governments in the apex court, which will be known later this week.
“The AP Eamcet will be rendered useless at least for filling medical seats, which will be done by Neet if the Supreme Court insists on it. The agriculture and veterinary seats can be filled based on Eamcet ranks. Medicine aspirants will have to write the Neet slated for July 24,” he said.
Mr Murthy said that both AP and TS were seeking exemption for this year citing reasons like Article 371(D) of the Constitution and the Presidential Order which governs reservations for students from the two states in medical institutions.
“AP has conducted its exam while TS is set to conduct it in the next few days. If directions are given that all states should join Neet this year, there will be no option before the government and students from Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh but to toe the line,” he told this correspondent.
Telangana state government officials stated that Eamcet might go on irrespective of the court verdict. “It is too early to comment on this since the government will be filing a review petition at the earliest. Even if orders are passed making it mandatory for all states to join Neet, the Eamcet might still be held for filling seats in agriculture and veterinary streams,” TSCHE chairman Prof. N. Papi Reddy said.
