PG medical course: HC upholds cut-off date

By Our Staff Reporter

KOCHI, AUG. 6. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday upheld a clause in the prospectus of the post-graduate medical courses which prescribed April 30, 2001 as the cut-off date for eligibility for admission to the courses.

The Bench comprising Mr. Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan and Ms. Justice A. Lekshmikutty while setting aside a single judge's order, pointed out that the students who were governed by the 2002 prospectus could not contend that the fixation of the cut- off date by the 2001 prospectus was wrong and arbitrary. The single judge had proceeded on the basis of the 2001 prospectus.

The petitioners - three doctors who had passed the MBBS from different universities in the State - were governed by the 2002 prospectus. The Government had fixed the cut-off date as per the 2001 prospectus. The petitioners who were 1995 batch students were governed by the 2001 prospectus.

The entrance examination written by the petitioners on the basis of 2001 prospectus following the single judge's direction, would have no legal effect. They could take the examination to be held on September 2.

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