Hyderabad: In what could be a big disappointment for many students, about 600 seats MBBS in six private medical schools in Andhra Pradesh and the state of Telangana, which were restored by the Supreme Court, may not be available for advice. The six medical schools are not willing to participate in counseling after the apex court ordered them to offer seats to students from fees on par with government medical colleges.
Schools must not make any profit if they charge the same fees that public schools, as they will have to provide bank guarantees to the Medical Council of India, which would be several times more than the amount they would gain through quotas. The Supreme Court had recently conditionally restored 300 seats each in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in six private medical schools, including Malla Reddy Institute Telugu Desam MP C. Malla Reddy of Medical Sciences.
However, the college managements approached the apex court again reviewed a request for permission to occupy 40 percent of the seats under quota management, the Supreme Court refused to allow. The high court asked the schools to fill seats under convener quota charges on par with the medical schools of the government, which is around Rs 15,000 per student per year.
Schools are not ready, because they will have to deposit a bank guarantee of up to Rs 10 crore, which would be much higher than the fees paid to fill 100 seats at Rs 15,000 per seat. "The Supreme Court said that schools can make income on student interest and may also opt out if they want. I do not think anyone is willing to admit students at this rate," said Bhaskar Rao G., President of All India Private Medical Colleges Association.