Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court issued a notice on Monday in response to a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s decision on reservation in the NEET super specialty.
The matter was delayed till February 25, 2022, by a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai.
Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranaraya argued the case, aided by advocates Shankar Narayanan and Suhrith Parthasar. Rashmi Nandaku, an advocate on record, filed the petition.
The Court was hearing a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to reserve 50% of Super Specialty seats at Government Medical Colleges to Tamil Nadu-based doctors.
Candidates have participated in the NEET-SS-2021 exam, which was held on January 10, 2022, are among the petitioners, including N Karthikeyan. The results should be available before the end of the month.
According to the petitioners, the Tamil Nadu government’s decision dated November 7, 2020, is clearly violation of Article 14 of the Constitution since it creates an illegal classification.
Petitioners and other applicants, according to the petition, took the exam in accordance with the information bulletin, which specifies that there are no exceptional provisions.
The petitioners claimed that they had filed writ petitions in the Madras High Court seeking injunctions to enforce the government decision to allow for reservations for the current academic year, and that the petitioner had also filed an application for impleadment in the writ petition.
“Various states have been attempting to impose different quotas on super specialty seats in Government Medical Colleges within their jurisdiction. The NEET-SS is a national examination conducted in pursuance of the mandate to coordinate standards of education across the country,” the petition said.
No reservation can be made for in-service candidates at this level, according to the Petitioners, until the legitimacy of the special provisions in the super specialty is confirmed by this Court and a unified policy is drawn.
In any case, the Petitioners said, no such reservation can be made in the middle of the examination procedure.
As a result, the petitioner has asked the court to declare the government directive dated November 7, 2020, as illegal since it violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, and to require that NEET-SS 2021 admissions be administered without reservations for in-service doctors.
