This story is from August 4, 2020

Delhi HC lets university reserve PG medical seats for its students

Delhi high court has upheld the decision of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) to reserve 50% state quota of PG medical seats for MBBS graduates from its own colleges.
Delhi HC lets university reserve PG medical seats for its students
Delhi high court
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has upheld the decision of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) to reserve 50% state quota of PG medical seats for MBBS graduates from its own colleges.
Justice Jayant Nath noted that the university is following the verdicts of the Supreme Court in various cases, which have approved “institutional reservation” up to 50 % of the postgraduate seats and dismissed a petition challenging the move.

“In view of the stated legal position, this is clearly permissible. The pleas of the petitioners are clearly without merit. There is no merit in the present petition,” the court said in its 32-page judgement where it dealt with a challenge raised by various MBBS graduates and students against the policy of GGSIPU to reserve the entire 50% state quota of postgraduate medical college seats to MBBS graduates from colleges affiliated only to itself by way of “institutional preference”.
The plea sought direction to the university to amend its admissions guidelines/brochure for the academic year 2020-21 without reserving entire 50% state quota only for graduates of colleges affiliated to itself by way of “institutional preference”, as was done in previous academic years and to allow Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) MBBS graduates in the state-wise merit list.
The plea argued that there is no specific decision taken by Delhi government regarding the number of seats reserved under state quota and in the absence of a clear statutory stipulation or administrative direction permitting GGSIPU to allocate the entire state quota to the students of its own university, the same is illegal.
Delhi government standing counsel Ramesh Singh submitted that as per the Constitution, the government has the power to regulate. However, he said this is only an enabling provision.
On its part, Medical Council of India said as per the judgement of the Supreme Court it is for the appropriate authority or state to declare the policy and the authority in the present circumstances is GGSIPU.
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