Madras HC: A world of unlimited opportunities beyond medical education
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has refused to accept the plea of second year MBBS student KS Manoj that there is a world of unlimited opportunities apart from medical education in which he would like to pursue his studies in any private college if he gets relief. Had requested permission to continue. from the Government Thoothukudi Medical College following a court order over his low marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
The first bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice D Bharat Chakraborty made the observation while recently dismissing a petition filed by a student who was denied admission to a medical college during the 2021-22 academic year due to an interim order of the High Court on a petition. Entry was granted. The file was filed by him claiming his NEET score of 597 out of 720 was first downloaded through Google.
However, later, when the results were uploaded by the National Testing Agency (NTA) it turned out to be 248. He was dismissed from the Government Thoothukudi Medical College following a 2023 order of the single judge rejecting his plea as the OMR sheet was completely verified and found to be unaltered, not tampered with and in pristine form. . Last year a division bench had confirmed this order.
“It is true and sad that the petitioner lost two years in the two-year litigation process and was pursuing MBBS course for two years,” a bench headed by Justice Gangapurwala said in the recent order. But we are confident that the truth in black and white in the form of OMR sheet was very easy for the petitioner and hence, he has to reconcile. There is a world of unlimited opportunities beyond medical admissions.”
Referring to the petitioner’s claim that his score was 594 as per the Google image downloaded before the results were uploaded, the bench said such image was ‘incorrect’.
Even if it is actually downloaded from the NTA website, the difference is not one or two. The petitioner had attempted only 157 questions and had not answered 23 questions. As many as 81 answers were found correct and 76 answers were found wrong and thus, the petitioner was awarded 248 marks. In this background, when the score came to 594, the difference in marks was 346, the bench explained.
It also said, “The petitioner is not entitled to any just consideration as he has brought a false case. Therefore, we do not see any justifiable consideration for granting him relief. Accordingly, no relief can be granted to the petitioner.”
