Chandigarh, October 20
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that renewal of permission for admission of 150 third-batch MBBS students cannot be granted to the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for the academic session 2013-14.
The ruling by Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain came on a petition filed by the college against the Medical Council of India and other respondents. An unaided self-
financing medical college, it was set up in Jalandhar in the public, private partnership mode in 2011 with an intake capacity of 150 students for MBBS. Affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, it was granted permission by the Medical Council of India for filling the 150 seats.
An inspection was carried out by the council's assessors on March 1 and 2, after the petitioner submitted an application for renewal of permission for admission of the third batch of MBBS students. After considering the assessment report, the MCI Board of Governors found some deficiencies, including shortage of associate professors in psychiatry, community medicine, paediatrics and ENT.
A show-cause notice was then issued on April 20, calling upon the petitioner to submit a compliance report within 15 days. In response, the petitioner submitted a compliance report, following which the matter was considered again.
A compliance verification assessment was then carried out to verify the facilities. Accordingly, the MCI, vide its letter dated July 10, conveyed the Board of Governors' decision to the college.
Taking up the matter, Justice Jain asserted: "No doubt that in the first inspection, which is called regular inspection by the petitioner, certain deficiencies were found. A surprise inspection was conducted and certain more deficiencies were also noticed and the renewal of permission was declined. But keeping in view the principles of natural justice, one more opportunity was given to the petitioner to explain the deficiencies noticed...
"The petitioner, by producing documents, explained to the undergraduate committee that there were no deficiencies as pointed by the inspection committee or the assessors, but still in the impugned order, the deficiencies have been maintained which are in the nature of fake faculty..."
Dismissing the petition, Justice Jain said: "I also do not find any reason to accept the alternative prayer of the petitioner for compensation as no mala fide has been alleged against the respondents and the respondents have acted, in exercise of their powers, in accordance with law".
About the medical college
* An unaided self-financing medical college, it was set up in Jalandhar in the public, private partnership mode in 2011
* With an intake capacity of 150 students for MBBS, it is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
* It was granted permission by the MCI for filling the seats
* An inspection by the MCI in March found certain deficiencies and issued a notice to the college
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that renewal of permission for admission of 150 third-batch MBBS students cannot be granted to the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for the academic session 2013-14.
The ruling by Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain came on a petition filed by the college against the Medical Council of India and other respondents. An unaided self-
financing medical college, it was set up in Jalandhar in the public, private partnership mode in 2011 with an intake capacity of 150 students for MBBS. Affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, it was granted permission by the Medical Council of India for filling the 150 seats.
An inspection was carried out by the council's assessors on March 1 and 2, after the petitioner submitted an application for renewal of permission for admission of the third batch of MBBS students. After considering the assessment report, the MCI Board of Governors found some deficiencies, including shortage of associate professors in psychiatry, community medicine, paediatrics and ENT.
A show-cause notice was then issued on April 20, calling upon the petitioner to submit a compliance report within 15 days. In response, the petitioner submitted a compliance report, following which the matter was considered again.
A compliance verification assessment was then carried out to verify the facilities. Accordingly, the MCI, vide its letter dated July 10, conveyed the Board of Governors' decision to the college.
Taking up the matter, Justice Jain asserted: "No doubt that in the first inspection, which is called regular inspection by the petitioner, certain deficiencies were found. A surprise inspection was conducted and certain more deficiencies were also noticed and the renewal of permission was declined. But keeping in view the principles of natural justice, one more opportunity was given to the petitioner to explain the deficiencies noticed...
"The petitioner, by producing documents, explained to the undergraduate committee that there were no deficiencies as pointed by the inspection committee or the assessors, but still in the impugned order, the deficiencies have been maintained which are in the nature of fake faculty..."
Dismissing the petition, Justice Jain said: "I also do not find any reason to accept the alternative prayer of the petitioner for compensation as no mala fide has been alleged against the respondents and the respondents have acted, in exercise of their powers, in accordance with law".
About the medical college
* An unaided self-financing medical college, it was set up in Jalandhar in the public, private partnership mode in 2011
* With an intake capacity of 150 students for MBBS, it is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
* It was granted permission by the MCI for filling the seats
* An inspection by the MCI in March found certain deficiencies and issued a notice to the college
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