<p class="title">A group of general category candidates on Friday approached the Supreme Court once again to seek a modification of the June 4 order to exercise fresh choice on the allotment of Post Graduate medical and dental seats in Maharashtra after scrapping of 10 % quota for economically weaker sections this year.</p>.<div><div>The candidates led by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde and advocate Govindjee mentioned the application before a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi seeking an urgent hearing.<br /><br />The court agreed to consider on Monday, June 10 their application for modification of the June 4 order.<br /><br />Hegde, in his submission, said, "We were told to stick to our original choice. We would suffer if not given a choice to exercise fresh preferences."<br /><br />The counsel, appearing for Maharashtra, opposed the plea, saying there was a blanket order by the court on June 4 that no other plea would be entertained in the matter.<br /><br />He said, "The state machinery was being stalled by filing one application or the other."<br /><br />Hegde countered him, by contending, "They caused mess up and now dragging their feet."<br /><br />The court had on June 4 told the Maharashtra government to hold 'final' counselling for general candidates, who got admission to PG medical and dental seats, by June 14. <br /><br />It had also directed for the reshuffling of seats days after it declared that there can't be 10 % quota for economically weaker sections this year.<br /><br />On the candidates' plea, the court had also extended the deadline for admission from June 4 to 14.<br /><br />The court, however, clarified that the candidates would not be allowed to change preferences made at the time of filling up the admission form. <br /><br />The court had earlier chided the Maharashtra government for failing to revise and reshuffle admission list in PG medical and dental courses after it had scrapped 10 % EWS quota this year since the corresponding number of seats were not increased.<div> </div></div></div>
<p class="title">A group of general category candidates on Friday approached the Supreme Court once again to seek a modification of the June 4 order to exercise fresh choice on the allotment of Post Graduate medical and dental seats in Maharashtra after scrapping of 10 % quota for economically weaker sections this year.</p>.<div><div>The candidates led by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde and advocate Govindjee mentioned the application before a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi seeking an urgent hearing.<br /><br />The court agreed to consider on Monday, June 10 their application for modification of the June 4 order.<br /><br />Hegde, in his submission, said, "We were told to stick to our original choice. We would suffer if not given a choice to exercise fresh preferences."<br /><br />The counsel, appearing for Maharashtra, opposed the plea, saying there was a blanket order by the court on June 4 that no other plea would be entertained in the matter.<br /><br />He said, "The state machinery was being stalled by filing one application or the other."<br /><br />Hegde countered him, by contending, "They caused mess up and now dragging their feet."<br /><br />The court had on June 4 told the Maharashtra government to hold 'final' counselling for general candidates, who got admission to PG medical and dental seats, by June 14. <br /><br />It had also directed for the reshuffling of seats days after it declared that there can't be 10 % quota for economically weaker sections this year.<br /><br />On the candidates' plea, the court had also extended the deadline for admission from June 4 to 14.<br /><br />The court, however, clarified that the candidates would not be allowed to change preferences made at the time of filling up the admission form. <br /><br />The court had earlier chided the Maharashtra government for failing to revise and reshuffle admission list in PG medical and dental courses after it had scrapped 10 % EWS quota this year since the corresponding number of seats were not increased.<div> </div></div></div>
