MBBS CET: Min 50 per cent marks must

Updated on: Tuesday, March 08, 2011

The common entrance test for MBBS and postgraduate seats will not be applicable in Tamil Nadu as the Madras HC has stayed the applicability of the MCI’s December 27, 2010 notification on a single test on the grounds that the state has its own law on the subject and the legislation has been approved by the President.

When the MCI’s counsel, senior advocate Amarendra Saran, narrated the sequence of events leading to the notification, a bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik allowed the regulator to implement its December 27 proposal. Saran, aided by petitioner Simran Jain’s counsel A D N Rao, had pleaded for a single entrance test. They had argued that it would save students the trouble of having to appearing in 10-15 entrance tests every year. The MCI had clarified that the state quota would remain intact as the entrance test would draw up a national merit list and a statewise ranking list for general category, SC, ST and OBC as well as physically challenged candidates.

The MCI proposal said, “To be eligible for admission to MBBS course for an academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum 50 per cent marks in each paper of the test held for the said academic year. However, in respect of candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC, the minimum percentage shall be 40 per cent in each paper, and for candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs, it will be 45 per cent.” There will be a single entrance exam each for MBBS and MD courses offered by all 271 medical colleges.

MBBS CET: Min 50 per cent marks must

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