State
Authorities, legislative as well as executive, from fixing
suitable minimum qualifying marks differently for general
category candidates and for SCs/STs and OBC candidates ... esteemed colleague Justice
Sujata V. Manohar has reached, namely, that fixing minimum
qualifying marks for passing the entrance test for admission
to postgraduate courses
State
Authorities, legislative as well as executive, from fixing
suitable minimum qualifying marks differently for general
category candidates and for SCs/STs and OBC candidates ... esteemed colleague Justice
Sujata V. Manohar has reached, namely, that fixing minimum
qualifying marks for passing the entrance test for admission
to postgraduate courses
candidates in the pre-medical
examination. Rule 20 further provides that minimum
qualifying marks for admission to Medical Colleges shall be
50% in the aggregate ... subject respectively;
but for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates the
minimum qualifying marks shall be 40% in the aggregate and
30% in each subject
even though their marks are less than or comparable to
marks of SC/ST students. Further, there being no minimum
qualifying marks ... qualify on the basis of marks
obtained by them for postgraduate learning. However, the
extent of reservations and the extent of lowering the qualifying
marks
written examination. 'Cut-off', i.e.,
the minimum qualifying marks to be secured by the candidates
in each of the papers for qualifying ... view of the fact that only seven candidates
secured the minimum qualifying marks for being called for
viva-voce and the number of vacancies sought
qualifying marks:
When a common entrance examination is held for
admission to postgraduate medical courses, it is important
that passing marks or minimum qualifying marks ... examination may
or may not have any minimum qualifying marks or it may have
different qualifying marks for different categories of
candidates. It is, therefore
Marks. If excellence is to be promoted at
the postgraduate level, the candidates qualifying should be able to secure
goods marks while qualifying. Attaining minimum ... marks less than
the minimum marks prescribed by the Medical Council of India's Regulation
on account of reduction in the minimum marks
Dental 35 30 25 35 35
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Note:The above percentage of minimum
qualifying marks for admission to MBBS/BDS is
in respect to aggregate. This ... minimum qualifying marks
are prescribed in individual subjects.
Aggregates for these courses will consist of
the marks obtained in PCBZ only. Thus, marks
obtained
secure a minimum of 33% marks in the viva-voce test.
Some of the candidates who failed to secure the minimum
marks in viva-voce ... failed to obtain a minimum of 33% marks in
the personality and viva voce examination and
a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate
marks' are different from
`eligibility marks' or `qualifying marks'. There is no dispute that eligibility
marks refers to the minimum marks ... between the
minimum marks for SC/ST and minimum marks for general category
candidates. They did not want the minimum eligibility marks for OBCs
should
