Parents allege that medical colleges have sold MBBS seats for `60 lakh each without issuing notification in three newspapers as required
The racket involving sale of MBBS seats is thriving in the state with college managements refusing to issue application forms to meritorious students for applying under the management quota. They say the seats have already been filled for the
academic year 2012-13. In fact, management quota seats in several colleges have been blocked for the next three years. There are nearly 1,220 MBBS seats on offer under the management quota.
Shocked parents are approaching the medical education department demanding action against erring colleges. They complained that the seats have
been blocked under the 40 per cent management quota even before Eamcet is held. The Eamcet is scheduled for today and the results are to be announced on May 24, but the admission process has already been closed! Parents allege that the medical colleges have sold MBBS seats for `60 lakh each and filled the seats without issuing notification in three prominent daily
newspapers as required. They have demanded that the State government conduct counselling for management quota seats and allot seats based on merit.
The government has left 40 per cent seats in Category-C solely to the discretion of managements, who are resorting to irregularities.
Describing the procedure being followed by the government in allotting MBBS seats to students in the state as unfair, Mr Nomula Jagadishwar, president of the Medical Course Strivers and Parents Association said, “The government concentrates on filling 60 per cent of the seats by conducting Eamcet by duly following merit, reservations and in a very transparent manner. It has left the 40 per cent seats in Category-C solely to the discretion of managements, who are resorting to grave irregularities by openly auctioning the seats. “We demand that the government conduct counselling even for management quota seats based on merit after scrutinising all the applications received by all the colleges for management quota admissions,” Mr Jagadishwar added.
Parents say even payment of `50 lakh “donation” does not guarantee an MBBS seat.
“Managements are taking donation of `60 lakh. Even after that they are not confirming the seat and issuing allotment letter. The next day, if they get an offer of more than `60 lakh, they are automatically cancelling the admission of the previous student and giving the seat to those who pay the higher amount,” said Mr Sevatri Srinivas, general secretary of the association.

AP minister confident of Medical Council's approval

The Medical Council of India (MCI) is expected to approve an additional 200 MBBS seats in state medical colleges for the academic year 2012-13, medical education minister Kondru Murali said on Thursday.

Interacting with the media at the Secretariat, Mr Murali said the government has filled up all vacancies for teachers in government medical colleges as per MCI norms. This, he said, will help raise the number of seats in existing government colleges.

The state at present has 4,800 MBBS seats in its 37 medical colleges. Of them, nearly 1,200 are in the 13 state medical colleges and the rest in 24 private colleges.

The government was trying to secure an additional 500 MBBS seats in 10 government medical colleges by raising 50 seats in each institution.

But the MCI, which
recently inspected these colleges, is learnt to have expressed dissatisfaction over the existing faculty and infrastructure, saying it will not support additional seats.

However, Mr Murali expressed confidence that the MCI would soon add 50 seats each in four old government medical institutions, including Osmania and Gandhi Medical Colleges. He said the additional seats would be available for students in Eamcet medical counselling by July.
MCI, which recently inspected colleges in AP, is learnt to have expressed dissatisfaction over the existing infrastructure

The number of MBBS seats in old government medical colleges may be lowered, if the Medical Council of India has its way .
MBBS aspirants in the state are already reeling under severe shortage of seats. There are just 4,800 MBBS seats available in 37 medical colleges across the state. Last year, 70,000 candidates vied for these seats through Eamcet. This year, the number of applications has already crossed 95,000.

While the demand for MBBS seats has increased over last year, students face the risk of losing even the existing seats.

The MCI, which recently inspected the old government medical colleges in the state, is learnt to have conveyed its dissatisfaction over the enhancement of intake by 50 seats in these colleges. MCI made it clear that the existing infrastructure and faculty in these colleges are unable to support even the existing intake.

Officials are worried that the MCI may cut down the intake by 50 each in government medical colleges if the state fails to provide adequate funds immediately to take up fresh faculty recruitment drives and create additional infrastructure.

While Osmania Medical College has 200 seats, the other government medical colleges have 150 each. The government has proposed to enhance the seats by 50 each in 10 old government medical colleges, resulting in an addition of 500 seats.
Besides, there were plans to secure 100 seats each in three new private medical colleges. The MCI is yet to take a decision on this issue.