Summary
The Court dismissed review petitions seeking protection of MBBS admissions made by Glocal Medical College through private counselling contrary to Uttar Pradesh’s mandatory centralised process. NEET qualification and subsequent studies did not validate those admissions. The State notification reflected binding Supreme Court directions and could not be disregarded as merely administrative. An interim order permitting examinations had expressly withheld results and denied equities; a later observation did not modify it. The students’ discharge remained undisturbed.
Issues
- Whether admissions through private counselling could be protected despite the mandatory centralised admission process.
- Whether NEET qualification, subsequent studies or the Court’s earlier orders created an equitable right to continuation.
Held
- The State’s notification required centralised counselling for private, minority and deemed institutions. Minority admissions could accommodate community interests within that process without departing from NEET merit; the notification could not be dismissed as a non-binding administrative instruction. (¶¶ 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- Glocal Medical College’s private counselling contravened the applicable notification and the governing judicial directions. The resulting admissions were unlawful, and sympathy for students could not validate a patently illegal admission process. (¶¶ 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- The claim of learning of discharge only during the 2019 proceedings was not accepted in the circumstances, including the earlier discharge and transfer of students who had entered the same college through centralised counselling. (¶¶ 9, 11, 35, 36)
- The examination permission expressly prohibited publication of results and creation of equities. No modifying order was shown, and the later observation permitting students admitted pursuant to permission to continue did not vacate those specific restrictions. Subsequent examinations or studies did not supply the requested protection. (¶¶ 8, 10, 37, 38, 39)
- The review petitions were dismissed as without merit, with pending intervention, impleadment and other applications disposed of. (¶ 40)
Result
Review petitions dismissed; no protection granted to the privately counselled admissions; pending applications disposed of.