<p>The Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order permitting the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to conduct counselling for the remaining 118 seats in the Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital (RRMCH) here.</p>.<p>A division bench comprising Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice N S Sanjay Gowda passed the order on the appeals filed by Moogamikai Charitable and Educational Trust and others.</p>.<p>RRMCH, a Tamil linguistic minority institution, had filed the appeal challenging a single-bench order.</p>.<p>The single-judge bench on November 3 had quashed the order issued by the Central government on February 14, 2019, transferring RRMCH to a Chennai-based deemed-to-be university — Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute.</p>.<p>The court had observed that the University Grants Commission could not have recommended for the transfer of affiliation without considering the objections of the Karnataka government.</p>.<p>The single-judge bench had also directed for the restoration of the medical college to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“The correctness or otherwise of the order of the single judge is yet to be considered. In the interregnum, as many as 132 seats have already been counselled by DGHS.</p>.<p>In the interest of students and in order to maintain parity and consistency in the counselling for the 2020-2021 academic year, we think it is just and proper to permit DGHS to counsel the remaining seats insofar as this academic year is concerned.</p>.<p>“Since round II of the counselling has already been completed and it is stated at the bar that mop-up round of counselling is to take place on December 15 or 16, 2020, the Union government is to hold the counselling for the balance 118 seats on the said dates in respect of the appellant/institutions,” the court said.</p>.<p>The division bench in its interim order has also said that the state government would get its quota through consensual agreement while the college was not party to the consensual agreement with the state government for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, pursuant to the notification dated February 14, 2019 issued by the Central government, when the transfer of affiliation took place.</p>.<p>In its appeal, the college has also challenged the communications sent by the Karnataka government to DGHS.</p>.<p>The state government asked DGHS not to hold the counselling for the remaining 118 seats on November 24 and the next day, DGHS issued a notice withdrawing the institution’s name and database from the second round of counselling and allotted those seats to the state quota.</p>
<p>The Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order permitting the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to conduct counselling for the remaining 118 seats in the Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital (RRMCH) here.</p>.<p>A division bench comprising Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice N S Sanjay Gowda passed the order on the appeals filed by Moogamikai Charitable and Educational Trust and others.</p>.<p>RRMCH, a Tamil linguistic minority institution, had filed the appeal challenging a single-bench order.</p>.<p>The single-judge bench on November 3 had quashed the order issued by the Central government on February 14, 2019, transferring RRMCH to a Chennai-based deemed-to-be university — Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute.</p>.<p>The court had observed that the University Grants Commission could not have recommended for the transfer of affiliation without considering the objections of the Karnataka government.</p>.<p>The single-judge bench had also directed for the restoration of the medical college to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“The correctness or otherwise of the order of the single judge is yet to be considered. In the interregnum, as many as 132 seats have already been counselled by DGHS.</p>.<p>In the interest of students and in order to maintain parity and consistency in the counselling for the 2020-2021 academic year, we think it is just and proper to permit DGHS to counsel the remaining seats insofar as this academic year is concerned.</p>.<p>“Since round II of the counselling has already been completed and it is stated at the bar that mop-up round of counselling is to take place on December 15 or 16, 2020, the Union government is to hold the counselling for the balance 118 seats on the said dates in respect of the appellant/institutions,” the court said.</p>.<p>The division bench in its interim order has also said that the state government would get its quota through consensual agreement while the college was not party to the consensual agreement with the state government for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, pursuant to the notification dated February 14, 2019 issued by the Central government, when the transfer of affiliation took place.</p>.<p>In its appeal, the college has also challenged the communications sent by the Karnataka government to DGHS.</p>.<p>The state government asked DGHS not to hold the counselling for the remaining 118 seats on November 24 and the next day, DGHS issued a notice withdrawing the institution’s name and database from the second round of counselling and allotted those seats to the state quota.</p>
