more-in One more student who cleared Plus Two examinations in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus has approached the Madras High Court Bench here challenging the validity of a Government Order issued on June 22 allotting 85 % of MBBS/BDS seats in government as well as private medical colleges in the State to students who had studied in State Board syllabus and the rest to those who had studied in CBSE stream. When the case filed by K.K. Sreeharini, represented by her father K. Karthikeyan, of Bodinayakanur in Theni district, came up for hearing before Justice K. Kalyanasundaram on Friday, he directed the High Court Registry to post it next week along with another similar writ petition already filed by another Madurai-based CBSE student K. Sibi, represented by her lawyer-father K.K. Kannan, questioning the rationale behind apportioning of medical seats. The G.O. itself had clarified that it would come into operation only if Presidential assent could not be obtained for the Tamil Nadu Admission to MBBS and BDS Courses Bill of 2017, which seeks to exempt the State from making admissions to medical courses on the basis of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test marks and paves way for making the admissions based on Plus Two marks, before the day when the rank list for medical admissions is declared. It added that the decision was taken since a majority of the students in the State had studied in State Board syllabus. However, the two writ petitioners before the court contended that it was not fair on the part of the State to apportion seats between State Board and CBSE students.

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