Medical students’ admission cancelled after 3 yrs of studies

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, September 23

In all, 49 medical students have been sitting on a dharna at the Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS) here for a week, protesting against the abrupt cancellation of their admission from JR Kissan Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital last year.

For the past 10 years, they have knocked the doors of the authorities concerned. But every time, they faced dejection.

They enrolled in the Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) in 2016 and completed three years of studies.

One of the protesting students told The Tribune, "My classmates and I had cleared the entrance examination and got admission after undergoing the counselling process. We studied for three years and cleared the examinations of first two years. A few days before the third-year examination in 2019, we were told that our admission had been cancelled."

The authorities, however, cited an order of the Supreme Court when asked about the cancellation of admission.

Inquiries made into the matter brought out that the college had approached the Union Ayush Ministry, requesting it to increase the number of seats of the 2016-17 batch from 50 to 100.

The ministry not only turned down the proposal, but also, surprisingly, cancelled the admission of the 49 students already admitted in the 2016-17 batch.

Subsequently, the college authorities moved the High Court against the ministry's admission. The HC gave relief to the students.

In the meantime, the affiliation of the college was changed from the UHS to Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra.

The authorities of Ayush university then moved the Supreme Court, which set aside the HC's order, cancelling the admission of the 49 students.

College Director Amarender Singh said, "The Central authorities have authorised the state government to decide the matter. We appeal to the state government to adopt a sympathetic approach towards the 49 students."

The state government has constituted a committee, comprising the Additional Chief Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Medical Education and Research, to decide the matter.

UHS Registrar Dr HK Aggarwal said a meeting of the committee had been convened in Chandigarh to discuss the matter.

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Crux of the matter

• In 2016, JR Kissan Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital requested the Union Ayush Ministry to increase the seats of the 2016-17 batch from 50 to 100
• The ministry not only turned down the proposal, but also, surprisingly, cancelled the admission of the 49 students already admitted in the 2016-17 batch
• The college authorities moved the HC and the 49 students got relief. When the matter reached the Supreme Court in 2019, it set aside the HC order

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