HC dismisses plea seeking notification pertaining to selection for MBBS, professional courses

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JAMMU: In a petition filed by Sourav Goel seeking quashing of notification No. 32-BOPEE dated 5th August, 2013 pertaining to the selection for the MBBS and other professional courses and also seeking direction to respondents to recast the merit of the petitioner for MBBS course for the year 2013-14 and consequently select the petitioner for the MBBS Course.
Petitioner, having passed his 10+2 examination from J and K Board of School Education in Medical Subjects with 83 per cent marks submitted his application for appearing in the entrance examination. The examination was held on 27th-28th July, 2013. Vide notification No. 32-BOPEE of 2013 dated 5th August, 2013; provisional select list for MBBS and other courses was notified.
Petitioner figured at serial No. 508 with merit of 165 marks in the list. According to petitioner, counseling process for Govt. Medical College Srinagar/Jammu and SKIMS stands completed. However, process of counseling for ASCOMS is yet to be commenced. Respondents while notifying the select list have notified the answer key in response to the questions forming part of the examinations.
Justice Bansi Lal Bhat after hearing both the sides observed that the ratio of judgment delivered by Division Bench of this Court in Qazi Basra’s case squarely applies in the facts and circumstances of instant case. Referring the matter to subject experts in supersession of the mechanism provided in BOPEE guidelines is fraught with serious consequences as the identity of experts would become public thereby imperiling the integrity of the institution and compromising with secrecy required to be maintained in making admission in such type of professional courses and do not find any merit in the petition, and the same is, accordingly, dismissed along with connected CMAs. JNF