Private medical colleges will follow Karnataka act

Bengaluru: Medical admissions are in a bit of a mess again with the Supreme Court saying private colleges cannot conduct seat selection and Comed-K having completed its admissions for the class of 2016.
On Friday, Consortium of Private Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (Comed-K) said they will follow the provisions of the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act.M R Jayaram, secretary of Karnataka Professional Colleges' Foundation said: "The consensual agreement is signed under the state's act, which is a legal entity, so the SC direction will not affect us. But if the state government passes an order to conduct another round of counselling for Comed-K candidates through Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), we are open to it and will refund fees."
Medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil said, "The direction given by the SC is only for Madhya Pradesh as they moved the court . The Maharashtra government has also moved the SC for a single counselling authority in their state. We will examine these verdicts and make a decision."
Comed-K has 1,400 medical and dental seats in 12 medical and 23 dental colleges across the state. In Karnataka, Comed-K conducts counselling for seats in private medical and dental colleges and KEA conducts counselling for government college seats as well as seats surrendered by private colleges to the government quota. Both Comed-K and KEA have completed the counseling process. Students appeared for KEA counseling after taking the Common Entrance Test (CET) it conducted.