https://twitter.com/sekarreporter1/status/1691318835973120000?t=76KSpj5wF_497hs7uh9EpA&s=08 the State’s Policy of reserving 50% government seats for in service government doctors have been upheld by the Court.Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Hon’ble Justice P.D. Audikesavalu of Madras HC dismissed two writ petitions Government doctors in PG medical courses. Advocates who appeared: Suhrith Parthasarathy, Advocate for Petitioners, P. Wilson, Senior Advocate for Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association which is an association of all the in service government doctors within the State of Tamil Nadu, R. Shunmugasundaram Advocate General and J. Ravindran AAG for TN Govt & DME.

Today the Hon’ble Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Hon’ble Justice P.D. Audikesavalu of Madras HC dismissed two writ petitions (a) challenging Regulation 9(4) of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000 and (b) G.O. Ms. No. 463 dated 07.11.2020 granting in service reservations to Government doctors in PG medical courses.
Advocates who appeared:
Suhrith Parthasarathy, Advocate for Petitioners,
P. Wilson, Senior Advocate for Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association which is an association of all the in service government doctors within the State of Tamil Nadu,
R. Shunmugasundaram Advocate General and J. Ravindran AAG for TN Govt & DME.

The third round of litigations were filed by 7 non service doctors mainly challenging granting of 50% in service reservations to govt in service doctors in PG courses and also allowing them to compete in open quota with weightage marks in admissions for PG 2023-2024. According to non service doctors their chances of getting open quota was reduced as the in service doctors get major chunk of seats due to reservations.

Earlier the first two rounds of litigation ended in favour of in service candidates which was fought up till Supreme Court .

Through this, the State’s Policy of reserving 50% government seats for in service government doctors have been upheld by the Court