PG medical Aspirants Challenge New Rule On Mandatory Rural Service In Bombay High Court 

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PG medical Aspirants Challenge New Rule On Mandatory Rural Service In Bombay High Court 
PG medical Aspirants Challenge New Rule On Mandatory Rural Service In Bombay High Court 

A petition has been filed in the Bombay high court by four students challenging a government decision to make the one-year rural bond service mandatory for post-graduation medical aspirants.

According to the petitioners Parth Mulgaokar and Angad Ranadive, who graduated from GS Seth Medical College, Mumbai, and Shreyasi Tendolkar and Shariva Ranadive who are graduates of Government Medical College, Kolhapur, the new requirement violated one of the clauses contained in the bond.

Dr Aparna Ranadive, mother of two of the applicants, stated that at the time of signing the bond the government allowed medical and dental graduates to take entrance tests for post-graduation courses twice before taking up the mandatory rural service.

The sudden rule change would violate these terms of the bond, according to her.

New Rule Makes It Essential For PG Aspirants To Finish The One Year Service

The requirement was changed two months ahead of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test – Post Graduation (NEET-PG) declaring that the test was not applicable to those yet to finish their mandatory one year rural service.

Under current regulations, graduates, post-graduates as well as super speciality students of government-operated medical and dental colleges must spend a year after taking the final exam at any state-owned rural health care centre .

Those not serving the year will need to pay a fine which amounts to Rs.15 lakh for graduates, Rs. 50 lakh  for post-gradates and Rs. 2.5 crore for super speciality students. However many students have so far succeeded in evading the requirement.

Medical students desirous of taking up post-graduation and super-speciality studies could earlier fulfil the rural service requirement post their academic studies, but the latest rule removes that choice for the students.

Students Will Lose A Year Or More Due to Delays, Parents Allege

Parents of several students have raised the matter with government officials and also with medical education minister Girish Mahajan. The government has indicated that it may make an exception for students graduating this year but this measure has failed to satisfy the aspirants and their parents

Ranadive has demanded that the government provide its decisions in writing to avoid any confusion later.

She highlighted that students will lose a year or more if the rural stint is made mandatory before the entrance test. Ranadive pointed out that the aspirants would not be able to prepare for NEET if posted in rural areas. Furthermore, the government currently doesn’t have sufficient rural posts for all doctors which could cause further delay for the students.

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