The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition that sought for a course to the State authorities to declare students suffering from Type I diabetes as these belonging to a special category of incapacity and consequently reserve sure seats for them in MBBS admissions.
Justice M. Dhandapani held that no such course may very well be issued by the courtroom. He, nevertheless, left it open to the federal government to take a name on the difficulty after advocate Naveen Kumar Murthi, engaged by means of Legal Aid, requested the courtroom to grant some form of aid to the petitioner.
The counsel introduced it to the discover of the courtroom that the petitioner was depending on insulin twice a day and but she had appeared within the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and scored good marks that have been adequate to be thought-about for medical admissions under under a special category.
Pointing out that even the National Testing Agency requires the NEET candidates to point out whether or not they have been suffering from diabetes whereas submitting on-line functions, he stated, the petitioner had been making representations to varied authorities for contemplating her candidature under a special category of incapacity.
However, M. Sneha, Standing Counsel for the Selection Committee within the Directorate of Medical Education, instructed the courtroom {that a} resolution on contemplating youngsters suffering from Type I diabetes under a special category of incapacity was a coverage resolution to be taken by the State authorities and the committee had no position to play in it.
