CPS moves HC after state government stops admission

Mumbai: The College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) has filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court (HC) to start the admission process which was halted by the state medical education secretary after investigations found anomalies in hospitals offering CPS-affiliated courses

Mumbai: The College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) has filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court (HC) to start the admission process which was halted by the state medical education secretary after investigations found anomalies in hospitals offering CPS-affiliated courses. CPS has challenged this in the court under the Maharashtra Medical Council Act.

HT Image

Dr Rajesh Darade, registrar, CPS, said the college did not report for the second hearing called by the medical education secretary on March 24, as it had approached the HC. “We have filed a writ petition requesting the government to start the admission process, as students are suffering,” he said.

The Maharashtra Medical Council, during an inspection last year, found that two institutions offering courses of specialisation by CPS were closed while there were deficiencies in 45 others. The remaining 73 refused inspection, a notice issued to CPS said.

In January and February, medical secretary Ashwini Joshi wrote two letters to the union health ministry on the state of affairs at CPS and why admissions to its courses should be stopped. The association of CPS-affiliated institutes then met union minister Nitin Gadkari and sought his intervention, after which Gadkari wrote a letter on March 9 to chief secretary Manukumar Srivastava, alleging that Joshi had a reputation of creating hurdles in the departments she worked in.

As regards the petition, while the high court website shows the date of hearing as March 31, there is a likelihood that the petitioners may seek an urgent hearing by mentioning the petition before the HC on March 27.