New Delhi, May 30
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the 10 per cent EWS quota could not be applied to PG medical courses in Maharashtra for the academic year 2019-20 as admission process started long before the provision came into force.A vacation bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose said the 10 per cent EWS quota could not be granted at the cost of others unless additional seats are created by the Medical Council of India.The bench noted that admission process for PG medical courses started in November 2018 while the 103rd Constitutional amendment granting 10 per cent EWS quota was passed in January this year.The bench said the Maharashtra government enforced the 10 per cent EWS quota for PG medical courses in March.“Ten per cent EWS quota cannot be granted to the ongoing admission process. You cannot change the rules of game when the game is on,” the bench said.The court’s order came on a plea filed by a student from the general category saying unless additional seats are created, the 10 per cent EWS quota would eat into their share of seats.Student Rajat Rajendra Agrawal had challenged two circulars of the Maharashtra government by which 10 per cent EWS quota was enforced in PG medical courses of the state.
