The consensual agreement between the State Government and the Association of Minority Professional Colleges in Karnataka for seat-sharing in medical colleges cannot be treated as a ‘law’ or an ‘order’ for reserving seats under provisions of the Karnataka Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admission in the Hyderabad-Karnataka Region) Order, 2013, said the High Court of Karnataka.
The court also quashed the revised seat matrix issued by the Government authorities allowing the Telugu linguistic minority students only from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region to avail seats in Navodaya Medical College (NMC), Raichur, for both PG and UG medical courses for the current academic year.
Besides, the court directed the Karnataka Examinations Authority to conduct second round of counselling afresh for NMC permitting eligible Telugu linguistic minority students in the entire State to apply for admission to these courses.