The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to follow in letter and spirit a Division Bench judgment on the distribution of MBBS and BDS seats allotted to wards of serving and retired defence personnel in admissions.
Disposing of the petitions filed by two MBBS/BDS course aspirants, Justice C.V. Karthikeyan referred to the judgment passed in 2021 that said at least 1% of the medical seats should go to the wards of serving defence personnel.
The petitioners, A. Priyanka from Thoothukudi district and K. Sukisha of Virudhunagar district, sought a direction to the authorities to consider them for admission to MBBS/BDS course for this academic year.