New Delhi: In yet another development in admissions in post-graduate courses in Maharashtra’s medical colleges, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the woes of the economically weaker section (EWS) students.
They have moved the top court against its June 4 order scrapping the 10% EWS quota that has put them to deprivation of a better career.
The petitioners claim they are compelled to seek the PG medical admissions in private medical colleges at exorbitant fees that they just cannot afford as they are really poor.
The vacation bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi agreed to hear the petition to revise its earlier order or find ways for their admission in the government colleges.
The petition is likely to come up on Wednesday when the counsel cited the urgency in view of the admissions to be closed on Friday under the Court''s own order.
The whole controversy kicked off in February when the Maharashtra Government issued a notification implementing 10% reservation to the EWS students among the general category.
The EWS quota for government jobs and admissions in academic institutions had come into being in January through the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament. Various states are in the process of implementing it or have already implemented as in case of Maharashtra.
