<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to ensure seats are made available following the scrapping of 10% Economically Weaker Section quota in post graduate medical and dental courses and are filled up strictly in accordance with merit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There can be no question of exclusion of any meritorious candidate irrespective of the category provided, the candidates get cut-off marks as required for the general category,” a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top court, however, dismissed a plea advanced by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde on behalf of the general category candidates that June 4 order by the apex court that no other court would now deal with the issue of admission to PG courses in Maharashtra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The counsel contended a matter arising out of an Ordinance to overcome a previous apex court's order related to Maratha reservation was pending before a Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. The June 4 order would come in the way of the high court's proceedings, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni, appearing for the Maharashtra government, submitted that the plea was not maintainable as the apex court's order was clear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We are not willing to touch the order. There is no scope for change. There is no ambiguity,” the bench said, dismissing the plea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also declined a plea for modification of June 4 to exercise fresh choice on allotment of PG medical and dental seats this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had on June 4 told the Maharashtra government to complete 'final' counselling for general candidates, who got admission to PG medical and dental seats, by June 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It had also directed for reshuffling of seats, days after it had on May 30 declared that there can't be 10 % quota for economically weaker sections, brought in by the constitutional amendment this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the candidates' plea, the court had also extended the deadline for admission from June 4 to 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, however, had clarified that the candidates would not be allowed to change preferences made at the time of filling up the admission form.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to ensure seats are made available following the scrapping of 10% Economically Weaker Section quota in post graduate medical and dental courses and are filled up strictly in accordance with merit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There can be no question of exclusion of any meritorious candidate irrespective of the category provided, the candidates get cut-off marks as required for the general category,” a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top court, however, dismissed a plea advanced by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde on behalf of the general category candidates that June 4 order by the apex court that no other court would now deal with the issue of admission to PG courses in Maharashtra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The counsel contended a matter arising out of an Ordinance to overcome a previous apex court's order related to Maratha reservation was pending before a Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. The June 4 order would come in the way of the high court's proceedings, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni, appearing for the Maharashtra government, submitted that the plea was not maintainable as the apex court's order was clear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We are not willing to touch the order. There is no scope for change. There is no ambiguity,” the bench said, dismissing the plea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also declined a plea for modification of June 4 to exercise fresh choice on allotment of PG medical and dental seats this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had on June 4 told the Maharashtra government to complete 'final' counselling for general candidates, who got admission to PG medical and dental seats, by June 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It had also directed for reshuffling of seats, days after it had on May 30 declared that there can't be 10 % quota for economically weaker sections, brought in by the constitutional amendment this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the candidates' plea, the court had also extended the deadline for admission from June 4 to 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, however, had clarified that the candidates would not be allowed to change preferences made at the time of filling up the admission form.</p>
