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Today's News | News of Jan 12, 2007
Court Notice on Quotas
in Postgraduate Medical Admissions

New Delhi, Jan 12
The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Medical Council of India and the Directorate General of Health Services on the central government's petition seeking approval for providing 22.5 percent reservation for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates under the all-India quota in postgraduate medical admissions for the academic year 2007-2008.

For 2006-2007, the central government had not provided for SC/ST reservation under the 50 percent all-India quota following a 2005 apex court judgment, which had said that the 50 percent all-India quota should be excluded from reservation. As a result reservation was provided only under the 50 percent state quota. For this year, the central government filed a petition seeking the apex court's approval for providing SC/ST reservation under the 50 percent all-India quota.

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice C.K. Thakker issued the notice after hearing Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian.

He said that the matter required urgent consideration as the all-India postgraduate entrance examination for 2007 conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences was scheduled to be held on Jan 14 and the results would be declared in the middle of February.

The centre in its petition said that providing 15 percent reservation for SCs and 7.5 percent reservation for STs under the 50 percent all-India quota would not only be beneficial to those communities in the states but also in other parts of the country. It sought a formal approval to give effect to the SC/ST quota. 

IANS  News of Jan 12, 2007

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