<p>The Supreme Court has agreed to consider from January 28 a plea to allow states to grant the benefit of reservation of seats to in-service doctors in Post Graduate degree courses.</p>.<p>The writ petition filed by Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association and others has been put for hearing before a bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, Indira Banerjee, M R Shah, and S Ravindra Bhat.</p>.<p>The petitioners, including doctors from Kerala, Maharashtra, and Haryana, contended giving reservation benefits would encourage those working in government hospitals and in rural areas.</p>.<p>They challenged the validity of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, framed by the Medical Council of India.</p>.<p>Notably, 50% seats in PG diploma courses are reserved for medical officers in the government service but the MCI regulations barred it in PG degree courses.</p>.<p>All the admission to PG degree courses are conducted through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and 50% seats are filled through all India quota and the remaining 50% from state quota.</p>.<p>The Centre, as well as the MCI, had earlier opposed it, saying granting reservations or a separate source of entry for in-service candidates would directly impinge on the authority of MCI to coordinate and determine standards of medical education.</p>.<p>The MCI regulation provided an incentive to in-service candidates at the rate of 10 % of the marks obtained, for each year of service in remote and/or difficult areas upto a maximum 30 % of the marks, in the NEET examination. </p>.<p>On April 24, 2018, the top court had declined to pass any interim order in the matter.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court has agreed to consider from January 28 a plea to allow states to grant the benefit of reservation of seats to in-service doctors in Post Graduate degree courses.</p>.<p>The writ petition filed by Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association and others has been put for hearing before a bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, Indira Banerjee, M R Shah, and S Ravindra Bhat.</p>.<p>The petitioners, including doctors from Kerala, Maharashtra, and Haryana, contended giving reservation benefits would encourage those working in government hospitals and in rural areas.</p>.<p>They challenged the validity of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, framed by the Medical Council of India.</p>.<p>Notably, 50% seats in PG diploma courses are reserved for medical officers in the government service but the MCI regulations barred it in PG degree courses.</p>.<p>All the admission to PG degree courses are conducted through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and 50% seats are filled through all India quota and the remaining 50% from state quota.</p>.<p>The Centre, as well as the MCI, had earlier opposed it, saying granting reservations or a separate source of entry for in-service candidates would directly impinge on the authority of MCI to coordinate and determine standards of medical education.</p>.<p>The MCI regulation provided an incentive to in-service candidates at the rate of 10 % of the marks obtained, for each year of service in remote and/or difficult areas upto a maximum 30 % of the marks, in the NEET examination. </p>.<p>On April 24, 2018, the top court had declined to pass any interim order in the matter.</p>
