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Pvt. colleges were asked to hand over 50% seats
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Pvt. colleges were asked to hand over 50% seats
The Madras High Court has criticised the government of Puducherry and its Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) for issuing a prospectus for medical admissions this year and then making a claim that the three private medical colleges in the Union Territory must hand over 50% seats to the government quota.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh said, “This court is really surprised regarding the stand taken by the first [the government] and second [CENTAC] respondents. If these respondents are very sure that 50% quota is enforceable against the private institutions, it could have been made very clear in the prospectus itself. “Instead, a prospectus has been issued showing only 55 seats (by each college out of their permitted intake of 150) under the government quota. The contention that the number of seats mentioned in the prospectus is tentative, and subject t