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450 BDS students in Punjab may loose atleast 1 academic year
Published on : 03-Jul-2015 Powered by www.Opasis.com
Around 450 students of Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS) course in private unaided dental colleges in Punjab will lose at least one academic year with the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday dismissing their plea against Baba Farid University of Health Science's decision to deny them registration.
These students were admitted for 2014-15 academic session by the private dental colleges on the basis of their Class XII marks. Qualifying the All India Common Entrance Test or any special entrance examination conducted by the state government is mandatory for admissions to this course.
The university in February had refused to accept these students applications for registration and had directed the concerned colleges to strike off their names from the registers. Now, the HC has held that these admissions were granted in gross violation of the Punjab government notification of March 7, 2014, as they have not even appeared for the all India test or the special state entrance exam. The notification had specifically mentioned qualification norms for the BDS course, making clearing entrance test compulsory.
The court, however, directed the private colleges to refund the entire fee to every student, along with compensation of Rs 50,000 each as an interim relief. The students would also be at liberty to take civil or criminal action against these colleges for spoiling their academic years.
While dismissing a bunch of petitions filed by the students, division bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Lisa Gill, held that the facts were absolutely glaring in the case. The private institutions, as well as, the university were informed not to make admissions on the basis of marks in the qualifying examination in September 2014. The university had informed the private institutions not to send the applications for registration of students, who had not qualified the All India Common Entrance Test or the special state common entrance test. Therefore, the students cannot claim any indulgence in the face of illegalities committed by the private institutes, held the court.
The court also dismissed the plea of private institutions that admissions could be regularized under special circumstances as there were vacancies available with them. The court held that it is a commercial decision of the private institutes to start dental education. Merely because they are not able to admit students in terms of the statutory regulations, such fact cannot be treated as an exceptional circumstance.
Earlier, a single bench of the high court had dismissed the private institutions plea, saying they had violated the prospectus, the state government notification of March 7, 2014, and the regulations framed by the Dental Council of India.
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These students were admitted for 2014-15 academic session by the private dental colleges on the basis of their Class XII marks. Qualifying the All India Common Entrance Test or any special entrance examination conducted by the state government is mandatory for admissions to this course.
The university in February had refused to accept these students applications for registration and had directed the concerned colleges to strike off their names from the registers. Now, the HC has held that these admissions were granted in gross violation of the Punjab government notification of March 7, 2014, as they have not even appeared for the all India test or the special state entrance exam. The notification had specifically mentioned qualification norms for the BDS course, making clearing entrance test compulsory.
The court, however, directed the private colleges to refund the entire fee to every student, along with compensation of Rs 50,000 each as an interim relief. The students would also be at liberty to take civil or criminal action against these colleges for spoiling their academic years.
While dismissing a bunch of petitions filed by the students, division bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Lisa Gill, held that the facts were absolutely glaring in the case. The private institutions, as well as, the university were informed not to make admissions on the basis of marks in the qualifying examination in September 2014. The university had informed the private institutions not to send the applications for registration of students, who had not qualified the All India Common Entrance Test or the special state common entrance test. Therefore, the students cannot claim any indulgence in the face of illegalities committed by the private institutes, held the court.
The court also dismissed the plea of private institutions that admissions could be regularized under special circumstances as there were vacancies available with them. The court held that it is a commercial decision of the private institutes to start dental education. Merely because they are not able to admit students in terms of the statutory regulations, such fact cannot be treated as an exceptional circumstance.
Earlier, a single bench of the high court had dismissed the private institutions plea, saying they had violated the prospectus, the state government notification of March 7, 2014, and the regulations framed by the Dental Council of India.
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