Stay on PG medical seats allotment

The stay was based on a plea moved by in-service candidates seeking the HC to ask the DGHS to comply with Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations which awarded due weightage marks for service rendered in remote/difficult areas. 

Passing interim orders on the plea which also sought to reserve 50 per cent seats for such candidates under all India quota, Justice S Vaidyanathan said: “The authorities can continue the counselling process but shall not allot seats till further order.” 

Petitioners C Sudhan and six others submitted that they are in-service candidates working as assistant surgeons in Tamil Nadu Medical Services. They have appeared for NEET PG, 2018 and have secured more than 50% marks. They were declared eligible for admission to PG medical courses.