<p>The recounselling, ordered by the High Court on Thursday reinstating the nine top-ranked candidates whose results were annulled on the charge of malpractice, was held only for physically-challenged candidates and a few categories of in-service aspirants. <br /><br />The seat selection process for entrance quota candidates, scheduled to start at 3 pm, could not take off as students staged a protest against the alleged discrepancies in the number of available seats. <br /><br />Admitting to the ambiguity in the seat matrix, D Prem Kumar, Registrar, said that the university was “setting it straight”. The counselling will resume at 8 am on Sunday with in-service candidates from the Department of Health selecting their seats first. <br /><br />Afterwards, entrance quota candidates, as per their ranks, will choose the seats, Kumar told Deccan Herald. The previous counselling on April 10, 2011 was also “rescheduled” when students staged a similar protest over the seat matrix. <br /><br />Candidates of entrance and in-service quotas unanimously demanded an unambiguous seat matrix. “Let the authorities reveal the number of seats reserved for the candidates of management quota, the COMED-K and the RGUHS respectively,” one of the in-service candidates, who preferred anonymity, said. <br /><br />The RGUHS has added 45 seats to the matrix after the High Court annulled the previous counselling. Half of these seats were to be given to in-service candidates and the rest to aspirants under the entrance quota. <br /><br />The in-service candidates alleged that seats in clinical courses had been cut. Instead, seats in non-surgical disciplines like anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry which are of no use to the in-service candidates, were increased, they said. <br /><br />“It is clear the government wants us to chose non-clinical streams. Hence, seats in such disciplines have been increased so that they can be blocked this way,” another in-service candidate, who also preferred anonymity, said. <br /><br />Discrepancies<br /><br />According to Lokesh Murthy, an advocate representing an in-service candidate, there are a lot of discrepancies in the admission procedure, unlike the All India medical counselling conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). <br /><br />He added that there was no need for re-counselling for in-service candidates as the top-ranked students accused of malpractice come under the entrance quota. <br /><br />The radiology stream is the most sought-after discipline whereas streams like orthopedics, pediatrics, and general medicine are also in demand. Dr Savitha, one of the candidates, said: “It is a case of personal interest. Usually, male candidates prefer surgical streams whereas female candidates aspire for gynaecology.”<br /><br />The rescheduling of RGUHS counselling may affect the COMED-K counselling scheduled for May 30 and 31. <br /></p>
<p>The recounselling, ordered by the High Court on Thursday reinstating the nine top-ranked candidates whose results were annulled on the charge of malpractice, was held only for physically-challenged candidates and a few categories of in-service aspirants. <br /><br />The seat selection process for entrance quota candidates, scheduled to start at 3 pm, could not take off as students staged a protest against the alleged discrepancies in the number of available seats. <br /><br />Admitting to the ambiguity in the seat matrix, D Prem Kumar, Registrar, said that the university was “setting it straight”. The counselling will resume at 8 am on Sunday with in-service candidates from the Department of Health selecting their seats first. <br /><br />Afterwards, entrance quota candidates, as per their ranks, will choose the seats, Kumar told Deccan Herald. The previous counselling on April 10, 2011 was also “rescheduled” when students staged a similar protest over the seat matrix. <br /><br />Candidates of entrance and in-service quotas unanimously demanded an unambiguous seat matrix. “Let the authorities reveal the number of seats reserved for the candidates of management quota, the COMED-K and the RGUHS respectively,” one of the in-service candidates, who preferred anonymity, said. <br /><br />The RGUHS has added 45 seats to the matrix after the High Court annulled the previous counselling. Half of these seats were to be given to in-service candidates and the rest to aspirants under the entrance quota. <br /><br />The in-service candidates alleged that seats in clinical courses had been cut. Instead, seats in non-surgical disciplines like anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry which are of no use to the in-service candidates, were increased, they said. <br /><br />“It is clear the government wants us to chose non-clinical streams. Hence, seats in such disciplines have been increased so that they can be blocked this way,” another in-service candidate, who also preferred anonymity, said. <br /><br />Discrepancies<br /><br />According to Lokesh Murthy, an advocate representing an in-service candidate, there are a lot of discrepancies in the admission procedure, unlike the All India medical counselling conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). <br /><br />He added that there was no need for re-counselling for in-service candidates as the top-ranked students accused of malpractice come under the entrance quota. <br /><br />The radiology stream is the most sought-after discipline whereas streams like orthopedics, pediatrics, and general medicine are also in demand. Dr Savitha, one of the candidates, said: “It is a case of personal interest. Usually, male candidates prefer surgical streams whereas female candidates aspire for gynaecology.”<br /><br />The rescheduling of RGUHS counselling may affect the COMED-K counselling scheduled for May 30 and 31. <br /></p>
