Dr.C.Sudhan vs The Government Of India on 18 April, 2018
In Dinesh Kumar (Dr) (II) v. Motilal Nehru Medical College [(1986) 3 SCC 727] the two-Judge Bench examined a scheme of examination for admission to postgraduate courses suggested by the Government of India stipulating a weightage equivalent to 15 per cent of the total marks obtained by a student at the All-India Entrance Examination being given if he has put in a minimum of 3 years of rural service. The Court observed that it was eminently desirable that some incentive should be given to the doctors to go to the rural areas because there is concentration of doctors in the urban areas and the rural areas appear to be neglected. In spite of recording such justification the learned Judges proceeded to opine that they did not think that such incentive should go to the length of giving a weightage of 15 per cent of the total marks obtained by a candidate. The learned Judges then examined several reasons why the doctors are not persuaded to go to the rural areas and then concluded: [SCC p. 741, para 12(4)]
[W]e are extremely doubtful if a candidate who has rendered three years' rural service for the purpose of getting a weightage of 15 per cent would go back to the rural area after he has got MD or MS degree. We are, therefore, of the view that no weightage should be given to a candidate for rural service rendered by him so far as admissions to postgraduate courses are concerned.
It is clear that the Court was dealing with weightage to be assigned at the All-India Entrance Examination and that too from the point of view whether the postgraduates would revert back to rural services after postgraduating and because of this being extremely doubtful there was no point in giving such a weightage.