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Many students filed petitions alleging that the government has withdrawn the BPL scholarship and that the college would dismiss them if they failed to pay the fees.
The NMC had issued the order regarding charging government fees for 50% medical seats on 3 February. The Commission has explained that this guideline is applicable not just for the MBBS seats but for the post-graduate courses too.
The top court said private medical colleges are strictly prohibited from accepting payment of fees in cash in order to avoid charging of capitation fee.
The Supreme Court Bench, consisting of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Abhay S Oka, pronounced the landmark verdict in the case related to admission of students in the Kannur and Karuna Self-financing Medical Colleges
The government has ordered not to increase the fee in professional colleges in the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis.
The fees were fixed without revising the existing temporary fee structure of students admitted to Amala, Jubilee, Pushpagiri, Kolenchery and Gokulam medical colleges between the academic years 2017-18 and 2020-21.
The colleges are set to challenge in the Kerala High Court clauses that apparently curb its autonomy, especially regarding the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff.
The first allotment list will now be published on November 20 based on options received till Thursday noon, a CEE press release said.
The admission to 19 self-financing medical colleges is being held this year. Of this, the fees, as demanded by the managements, for 10 colleges were published on Monday.
The court also ordered the panel to seek an undertaking from the students at the time of admission that they would remit the fee fixed by the court or other authorities.