New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday gave Maharashtra government time till June 4 to complete the admission to the post-graduate medical and dental courses as it pulled up the state government for issuing notice nullifying the consequences of court’s May 30, 2019, interim order knocking out 10 per cent economically weaker section (EWS) quota for the current academic year.
Directing to complete the counselling and the admissions in the extended time, the court said, “failing which a very serious view shall be taken for not complying the interim order passed by this court in its true spirit.”
Taking exception to clause C of the notice issued on May 30, 2019, after top court had passed its interim order knocking out EWS quota, the bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice A.S. Bopanna said that the clause C of the notice that says that the admission of the candidates except those under EWS category would not be disturbed was in the “teeth of the interim order”.
The clause C became controversial as the May 30 notice after canceling the seats allocated under EWS quota and declaring them under general category deprived the existing general category students who are already admitted to post-graduate course from opting for better disciplines.
