The High Court allowed a writ petition filed by Abhik Halder seeking admission in the M.B.B.S. course. The Court ordered college authorities to permit the petitioner to participate in the College Mop up round.
Allotted to the petitioner to participate in the College Mop up round for M.B.B.S. admission, subject to merit position.
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261 14.01.2021. jks Ct. 15
WPA 963 of 2021
Abhik Halder.
Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Subir Sanyal, Mr. Sarban Bhattacharjee, …For the Petitioner. Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Ms. Sudeshna Das Majumdar, Mr. Arka Kumar Nag …For the State. Mr. D. N. Maiti, …For the W.B. U. H. S. Mr. Indranil Roy, Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy, …For the National Medical Commission.
Mr. Sanyal, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that despite being eligible for admission in M.B.B.S course, the petitioner was unable to participate in the College Mop up round for the purpose of getting admission due to technical glitch in the automated procedure of West Bengal Medical Council Committee.
Mr. Roy, learned Counsel appears for the National Medical Commission.
Mr. Bandopadhyay, learned Counsel appears for the State.
Heard all the parties.
The college authorities are requested to allow the petitioner to participate in the College Mop up round in M.B.B.S. admission, if the petitioner is
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otherwise eligible for selection and the petitioner’s admission will be subject to his merit position.
The writ petition being WPA 963 of 2021 is accordingly disposed of.
There will be no order as to costs.
Since no affidavit have been invited, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to have been denied.
Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.
(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner, being eligible for M.B.B.S. admission, should be allowed to participate in the College Mop up round after a technical glitch prevented participation.
Whether the petitioner's admission should be subject to merit position.
Abhik Halder
The State of West Bengal
National Medical Commission
Rajarshi Bharadwaj
As recorded by the court registry
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