S K AWATRAMANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner No. 2 (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner) who has passed Higher Secondary School Examination (Examination for short) in Science stream held in March 1988 by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board has filed this petition seeking direction against the respondents to give her admission in one of the Government Medical Colleges in Gujarat or in Pramukh Swami Medical College at Karamsad.

(2.) The Government of Gujarat in Health and Family Welfare Department has framed Rules for admission to 1st M.B.B.S./1st B.D.S /1st B. Physio. Courses at the Government Medical Colleges and Government Dental College Ahmedabad. These Rules are operative for State quota of seats which is to be calculated after deduction of 15% states reserved for candidates selected on the basis of the result of All India Competitive Entrance Examination as per the judgment of the Supreme Court. The Examination passed by the petitioner is one of the qualifying examinations for admission to the aforesaid courses Marks obtained in the external evaluation examination in the theory papers of Science subjects only viz. Physics. Chemistry Mathematics and Biology are considered for giving admission to the aforesaid courses. I am told that to facilitate and expedite the work of giving admissions to candidates in the Government Medical Colleges Government Dental College at Ahmedabad and Engineering Colleges a centralised scheme for admission is framed. Pramukh Swami Medical College at Karamsad which is not a Government Medical College has also joined the centralised admission scheme. Under this scheme I am told applica- tions of candidates seeking admissions to Medical Colleges Dental College and Engineering Colleges are all considered together and a common merit list of candidates who have passed qualifying examina- tion is prepared. Each candidate who has made application is interviewed in the order of merits and at this interview he is required to give final choice regarding the course out of the courses available to him which he wishes to join. Once the candidate exercises his choice for a particular course and/or a particular branch he is required to withdraw his applications seeking admission to other course and/or branches. For example a candidate at the top of the merit list chooses to obtain admission in the subject of electronics in one of the Engineering Colleges he is required to withdraw his application for admission to Medical Dental and Physiotherapy Courses. Placement of candidate in Engineering and Medical College is decided on the basis of merit-cum-preference shown by him in the application for admission. Placement is offered at the highest available preference College and candidate is not allowed to seek admission in lower pre- ference College if admission to higher preference College is available. Thus in his application candidate has to show preferences with regard to courses as well as Colleges and admissions to the Colleges and to the Courses are given on the basis of merit-cum-preference as stated above. It is stated that the advantage of centralised admission scheme is that same candidate does not secure admission in more than one courses or colleges so as to delay admissions of other eligible candi- dates in courses and colleges other than that of his choice. It appears that a candidate can make applications for admission to First M.B.B.S / First B.D.S./First B. Physiotheraphy and 1st year Engineering Courses. He has to make one common application for admission to First M.B. B.S. First B.D.S./First B. Physiotherapy Courses and a separate applica- tion for admission to Engineering Courses. Application for admission to First M.B.B.S./First B.D.S /First B. Physiotherapy Courses is to be addressed to the Dean B. J. Medical College Ahmedabad. In this application candidate besides stating the marks obtained by him in the Science subjects as stated above has to state in order of preference the courses and the colleges to which he desires admission.

(3.) Petitioner obtained 321 marks out of 450 mark in the Science subjects and she applied for admission to First M.B.B.S./First B.D.S./ First B. Physiotherapy Courses to the Dean of B. J. Medical College Ahmedabad. In her application she had given preference for Medical Colleges in the following order: