Court sets guidelines for Private Medical Colleges

Court sets guidelines for Private Medical Colleges

Says deadlines for every stage of selection must be mentioned

Chennai: The Madras High Court has laid down a set of guidelines for private medical colleges in the State to follow, and said the two statutory committees regulating admission and fee structures in professional colleges would cease to exist to 2007-08 after the new Act framed by the Government gets presidential assent.

The First Bench consisting of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K.Chandru was passing orders on a batch of writ petitions and writ appeals from individual students as well as two private medical colleges – the Chettinad Hospitals and Research Institute (CHARI) and PSG Institute to medical courses from next academic year, the Bench said the colleges should follow the time schedule prescribed by the admission committee or any competent authority without any deviation. They must clearly mention in the prospectus as to whether they were selecting students on the basis of option or preference of institutions expressed by them.

Deadline for every stage of selection must be mentioned and waiting list should be published by the managements. If any candidate had not joined the college before the deadline, then automatically the candidate from the waiting list must be informed and admission given. The colleges must send either e-mail or SMS to candidates informing them of counseling.

Colleges must arrangements to have an online transmission of fee amounts, the Bench said.

The Bench was informed that the State Government had already passed the Tamil Nadu Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act 2006, and that the Act was awaiting the assent from the President. “If that it is so, on the Act being brought into force, administration from the next academic year – 2007 – 08 – will be governed by the guidelines issued by the Committee appointed under the said Act, and the Committees constituted pursuant to the Islamic Academy case will cease to exist,” it said.

As for the complaint that certain candidates with higher marks were ignored, senior counsel for the CHARI said in respect of three candidates – Tamilselvi, Preethi and Kassey David Ratan – the college was willing to consider admission next year “without raising any further objection and without insisting on any further formalities.”

Court sets guidelines for Private Medical Colleges

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