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    REPORTABLE

    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

    CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

    CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 297-298 of 2015A!"#"$% o&' of S.L.P. C( No#.1)121-1)122 of 2011(

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    CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 299-)00 of 2015A!"#"$% o&' of S.L.P. C( No#.11597-11598 of 2011(

    CIVIL APPEAL NO. )01 of 2015A!"#"$% o&' of S.L.P. C( No.11404 of 2011(

    CIVIL APPEAL NOS. )02-)0) of 2015A!"#"$% o&' of S.L.P. C( No#.1)12)-1)12 of 2011(

    CIVIL APPEAL NOS. )0-)05 of 2015A!"#"$% o&' of S.L.P. C( No#.1)124-1)127 of 2011(

    AND

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    J U D G M E N T

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    3. Selection of Medical Officers for admission toPostgraduate Course Under the Service.

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    $%&'+ or an rule or regulation issued thereunder orin an ,udgment# decree or order of an court orauthorit# the selection of Medical Officers foradmission to Postgraduate Course of stud in theState under the service uota shall e made onlunder the /rovisions of this "ct.

    0. Constitution of Post 1raduate Course MedicalSelection Committee 2

    ($+ he 1overnment ma constitute a

    Postgraduate Course Selection Committeefor the /ur/ose of selection of MedicalOfficers under the service uota with thefollowing e4-officio memers# namel5-

    (a+ he Secretar to 1overnment# 6ealth and7amil 8elfare 9e/artment# 1overnment of:erala;

    (+ he 9irector of Medical

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    (d+ he 9irector of !nsurance Medical

    Services;

    (e+ he =oint 9irector of Medical

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    (&+ he selection list finalised under su-section (0+ shall e /ulished the Post1raduate Selection Committee for theinformation of the a//licants.

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    10

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    State of M.P. & Ors. v. Gopal D. Tirthani & Ors.

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    The conclusion is that the /rovision in Section &(0+of the State "ct that the select list of in-servicemedical officers for /ostgraduate medical educationshall e strictl on the asis of seniorit is su,ect tothe reuirement that such selection can e madeonl from among those in-service medical officerswho have undergone the common entrance test for/ostgraduate medical education and have otainedthe minimum eligiilit ench mar? in that test interms of the MC! Degulations. !t is so declared.hese writ /etitions are allowed to that e4tent.B

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    Selection of Postgraduate Students

    ($+ (a+ Students for Postgraduate medical courses

    shall e selected strictl on the asis of their inter-se"cademic Merit.

    12

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    (+ &)E of seats in Post 1raduate 9i/lomaCourse shall e reserved for Medical Officersin the 1overnment service# who have servedfor at least three ears in remote and difficultareas. "fter acuiring the P1 9i/loma# the

    Medical Officers shall serve for two moreears in remote andFor difficult areas.

    (*+ 7or determining the B"cademic MeritB# theUniversitF!nstitution ma ado/t the followingmethodologies5

    (a+ On the asis of merit as determined a @Com/etitive estA conducted the stategovernment or the com/etent authorita//ointed the state government or the

    universitFgrou/ of universities in the samestate; or

    (+ On the asis of merit as determined a centralised com/etitive test held at thenational level; or

    (c+ On the asis of the individualcumulative /erformance at the first# secondand third M>>S e4aminations /rovidedadmissions are Universit wise; or

    (d+ Comination of (a+ and (c+.

    Provided that wherever @ac?ward Classes.

    Provided further that in Non-1overnmentalinstitutions fift /ercent of the total seats shall efilled the com/etent authorit notified theState 1overnment and the remaining fift /ercent the management(s+ of the institution on the asis ofinter-se "cademic Merit.

    7urther /rovided that in determining the meritand the entrance test for /ostgraduate admissionweightage in the mar?s e given as an incentive at

    the rate of $)E of the mar?s otained for each ear

    1)

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    in service in remote or difficult areas u/to thema4imum of 3)E of the mar?s otained.A

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    50 !

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    $* M*!# U$"6/!#"'; A' vis-a-vis Co&$" fo! T/+$"

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    means harmonisation with a view to forge a uniform/attern for a concerted action according to a certaindesign# scheme or /lan of develo/ment. !t# therefore#includes action not onl for removal of dis/arities instandards ut also for /reventing the occurrence of

    such dis/arities. !t would# therefore# also include/ower to do all things which are necessar to/revent what would ma?e @coordinationA eitherim/ossile or difficult. his /ower is asolute andunconditional and in the asence of an validcom/elling reasons# it must e given its full effectaccording to its /lain and e4/ress intention.

    (ii+ o the e4tent that the State legislation is inconflict with the Central legislation though the

    former is /ur/orted to have een made under

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    case ma e# although the a//licant satisfies thestandards or ualifications laid down the Centrallaw# the act unconstitutionall. So also when theState authorities de-recognise or disaffiliate aninstitution for not satisfing the standards or

    reuirement laid down them# although it satisfiedthe norms and reuirements laid down theCentral authorit# the State authorities act illegall.B

    .

    17. I$ Dr. Preeti Srivastava #&!( o$/ of '+/ &/#'"o$#

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    o$ '+/ !/'/' o! !/'/$/ of &:" "$'/!/#'. S/

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    State# im/inge on standards in institutions for highereducation. >ecause this is e4clusivel within the/urview of the Union 1overnment. herefore# while/rescriing the criteria for admission to theinstitutions for higher education including higher

    medical education# the State cannot adversel affectthe standards laid down the Union of !ndia under

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    (J+ the standard of e4aminations held including themanner in which the /a/ers are set and e4aminedand the clinical /erformance is ,udged.B

    /+#"# #&"/*(

    18. T+"# Co&!' f&!'+/! +/* '+' MCI +* f!/* !/%&'"o$#

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    ,2. Mr. Salve# learned counsel a//earing for theMedical Council of !ndia has# therefore# rightlsumitted that under the !ndian Medical Council "ctof $%&' the !ndian Medical Council is em/owered to/rescrie# inter alia# standards of /ostgraduatemedical education. !n the e4ercise of its /owersunder Section *) read with Section 33 the !ndianMedical Council has framed regulations which govern/ostgraduate medical education. hese regulations#

    therefore# are inding and the States cannot# in thee4ercise of /ower under

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    rules and regulations which are in conflict with oradversel im/inge u/on the regulations framed the Medical Council of !ndia for /ostgraduate medicaleducation. Since the standards laid down are in thee4ercise of the /ower conferred under

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    *"ff/!/$'". T+/ &!o#/ #o&%+' 'o :/ +"/6/* :; #&+

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    2,.he eligiilit test# called the entrance test orthe /re-P1 test# is conducted with dual /ur/oses.7irstl# it is held with the o,ect of assessing the?nowledge and intelligence uotient of a candidatewhether he would e ale to /rosecute /ostgraduatestudies if allowed an o//ortunit of doing so;secondl# it is for the /ur/ose of assessing the meritinter se of the candidates which is of vital

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