108 students can be taken only in private colleges: Tamil Nadu
Since 144 students from defunct Annai medical college were already accommodated in govt medical colleges.
Chennai: The state government on Wednesday informed the Madras high court that since the government medical colleges are overloaded, all the second year students of defunct Ponniah Ramajayam Medical Sciences in Manamai Nallar in Kancheepuram district, could be accommodated only in 10 self financing medical colleges.
Additional advocate general Narmada Sampath made this submissions when a batch of petitions from SU Archana and 107 other students came up for hearing before Justice T. Raja.
Earlier, senior counsel Silambannan appearing for the students submitted that all the 108 students have to be accommodated only in government medical colleges since there is an apprehension that some of the self financing medical colleges may also face the same problem like Ponniah medical college in future and the students will be in trouble. Moreover, if all the students are to be accommodated in self financing medical colleges, then the approval of the MCI is necessary, he added.
AAG Narmada Sampath said, since 144 students from another defunct Annai Medical college were already accommodated in government medical colleges, the government medical colleges were overloaded and it was not possible to accommodate the present 108 students in government medical colleges.
The state government has addressed to the Board of Governors/MCI to accord approval for accommodating the 108 students in self financing medical colleges. The BoGs/MCI had also approved it. Ten self financing medical colleges have expressed their willingness to accommodate the students, she added.
V.P. Raman, counsel for MCI, submitted that the petitioners cannot apprehend that some of the self financing medical colleges may face problem in future and they will be in trouble. Of the ten10 colleges, eight have been granted permanent approval and the inspection in those colleges will be done once in five years only. Madha and Annapoorna medical colleges have not been granted permanent approval, he added.
Following this, the judge directed AAG Narmada Sampath to get instruction as to whether the 20 students who were supposed to be transferred to Madha and Annapoorna medical colleges could be accommodated in other self financing medical colleges or at least 10 students could be accommodated in other colleges.
The judge posted to November 29, further hearing of the case.