NEET Spot Counselling Is Continuation Of Process To Fill Seats, Prospectus Conditions Applicable: Rajasthan High Court
Live LawRajasthan High Court dismissed the petition filed against AIIMS, Jodhpur challenging the demand for a deposit of Rs. The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur observed that the condition of depositing the amount in the event of vacating the seat mid-semester was mentioned in the prospectus issued in 2023 and since the process of spot counselling was a continuation of the process of filling up of vacant seats in the PG program in 2023, it did not make any difference if the condition was not mentioned in the notification for spot counselling. The petitioner had secured a seat at AIIMS by participating in the spot counselling for which he had submitted his original documents but did not submit the deposit of the demand draft of Rs.5 lakhs. The Counsel submitted that the condition mentioned in the prospectus had no application in the notification for the spot counselling which was a separate process. In these circumstances, the petitioner was under an obligation to deposit a demand draft of Rs.5,00,000/- as mentioned in the condition of the prospectus discussed above.” Furthermore, the Court observed that the subsequent notification by the respondent was only to clarify the position mentioned in the prospectus and could not mean that at the time of spot counselling, the condition was not in operation.