Admission mess: HC fines private Pune college

Private medical colleges beware. The Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research, Talegaon, Pune, has been ordered to pay a heav...

Private medical colleges beware. The Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research, Talegaon, Pune, has been ordered to pay a heavy fine for irregularities in admission.

Criticising the tendency of private educational institutions to exploit every ‘‘loophole in the system’’, the Bombay High Court on Friday penalised the institute for filling 50 government quota seats on its own in the previous academic year.

The institute had alleged that the seats were filled because the state did not send its list of 50 meritorious candidates before the deadline. But a division bench of acting Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S.U. Kamdar did not buy their reasoning. They observed that it was the college’s duty to check with the state about the list.

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Now, the institute will forfeit its chance to fill 50 per cent of its management quota seats for the next three years. All the seats at the institute will now be filled by the government, the court said.

In addition to this, the bench ordered the institute to pay a fine of Rs 75 lakh for the irregularity. The payment will have to be done in five months, in three installments.

This scheme was suggested by counsel for the state, Aashutosh Kumbhkoni. The court has also not penalised the students who stood to lose one year, because their admissions were derecognised.

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