CITY HC orders dental seat for girl under 7.5% quota

Madurai: The Madras high court has directed the state government to admit a student in a dental college at Chennai under NEET 7.5% quota.
The court was hearing the appeal preferred by Soundarya challenging the order of a single judge who dismissed her plea seeking medical admission under the 7.5% quota. During the previous hearing, the state informed the court that a BDS seat has been kept vacant pursuant to the interim order of the single judge and they are willing to sponsor the medical aspirant.
A division bench of justices M M Sundresh and S Ananthi observed that the appellant belongs to the scheduled caste community and she did study from Class I to Class X in a government school. She was sponsored by the government to have her higher secondary education in a private school, because of her good performance in the Class X examinations.
“We make it clear that this order may not be treated as a precedent, as we are dealing with the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case,” said the judges. tnn
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