COMMITTEE FOR ADMISSIONS SUPERVISION COMMITTEE

The meeting of the Admissions Supervision Committee was held in Takniki Sikhya Bhawan, Sector 36 at 6.00 P.M. on 30/6/2004 in regard to the representation filed by the Association of Unaided Sikh Minority Medical and Dental Institutions. It was attended by the following members:-

1. Justice G.R. Majithia(Retd.) Chairman

2. Dr. K.N.Pathak, Vice Chancellor Member
Punjab University,Chandigarh

3. Dr. S.K.Sharma, Ex-Director, Member
P.G.I. Chandigarh.

4. Dr. J.S.Gujral, Vice Chancellor, Member
Baba Farid University of Health
Sciences, Faridkot.

5 Mr. Satish Chandra, Member Secretary
Secretary Medical Education & Research.

The Hon’ble Chairman Mr. Justice G.R. Majithia (Retd.) announced the judgment permitting the Association of Unaided Sikh Minority Medical and Dental Institutions, Amritsar to conduct the entrance test for admission to Shri Guru Ram Dass Medical College and Shri Guru Ram Dass Dental College Amritsar under the guidelines and administrative directions given from time to time by the Committee according to requirements of transparent, fair, objective and merit based entrance examination.

After a great deal of deliberation it was decided that following directions and guidelines be issued to the Association for conduct of the test and admissions in the two colleges.

(i) The Association can hold an entrance test under the guidelines and directions of the Committee for 50% minority quota given to the institution by the government.

(ii) The admissions in minority quota will be strictly on the basis of inter se merit of the students belonging to Sikh community and there would be no sub-reservation for the minority quota as decided by the Supreme Court in its order dated 14/8/2003 in the case of Islamic Academy of Education Vs. State of Karnataka. The institutions would conduct the test and prepare a merit list of the students belonging to the minority Sikh community. The merit list would be submitted to the Committee and after approval from it will be published by the institutions. The admissions shall be made by the two colleges only after the approval of the merit list by the Committee.

(iii) The NRI quota will be part of the management quota as an interim arrangement subject to final decision of the Committee
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(iv) The Committee will pass a separate order in regard to distribution of seats between government quota and minority quota seats.

(v) The meeting of Fee Fixation Committee will be called separately and urgently to consider the matter of provisional fees to be charged by the medical institutions.

It was decided that these directions be issued to two colleges in continuation of the judgment.