Dual nativity case: Files of all selected students sought

Justice N Kirubakaran on directing the Secretary, Selection Committee of Medical Admission, to produce entire files of selected candidates with records, said, “According to Singaravelan, counsel for petitioner, as many as 104 candidates from other states were admitted to medical colleges in Chennai and over all 440 students got admission to TN colleges from other States. Since the nativity certificate is issued by the tahsildar who comes under the revenue department, revenue secretary is also impleaded as a respondent.” 

Father of Neeraj Kumar, a first year MBBS student at the Government medical college in Tiruchy who had sought for the transfer, contended that his son had obtained 466 out of 500 Marks in the Class 12 exam held in May 2017. He had  scored 367 out of 720 marks in NEET and had also acquired an All India Rank. He was allotted a seat in a college in Tiruchy. 

However, other students from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry have been included in the merit list of Tamil Nadu on the basis of dual nativity certificate produced by the students, he said. Stating that the above students have misled the authorities, the petitioner said, “If selection had been done scrupulously this kind of an error would not have occurred.” 

Alleging that admission to medical colleges in Tamil Nadu has become a mockery owing to the casual attitude of the authorities, he said, “The above mentioned students numbering more than 100 are studying in colleges in Chennai and students like his son were allotted seats out of Chennai.” 

Justice Kirubkaran posted the case for further hearing to November 6.