Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Reduction Of Qualifying Percentile For Admission In Ayurveda Course

An ayurveda aspirant who appeared in NEET 2021 has approached Supreme Court seeking reduction of qualifying percentile for admission in Ayurveda course in view of large number of vacancies. It may be noted that the Top Court on Wednesday had sought Center's response in a plea by filing a counter affidavit specifying: Total eligible candidates after deducting the admission granted for MBBS Courses Total number of vacant seats in All India Quota and State Quota The number of seats which are remaining in government colleges on one hand & private/deemed colleges on the other hand. Referring to the order dated April 29, 2022 wherein the Top Court had asked Centre to consider lowering the percentile for BDS Courses, the petition states that, "If percentile is being reduced/considered for reduction for BDS course, then the percentile may also be reduced for Ayurveda programme enabling the Petitioner to take admissions." To further substantiate their contention the petitioners have referred to the judgement passed in Harshit Agarwal & Ors v UOI wherein the court had observed that lowering the minimum marks and reducing the percentile for admission to first year BDS Course would not amount to lowing the standards of Education and directed to lower the percentile mark by 10 percentiles for admission in first year of BDS Course for academic year 2020-21.