HC orders fresh PG dental counselling

BANGALORE: The High Court on Friday asked Comed-K to redo PG dental counselling following a petition alleging irregularities in the process.Petitioners Sharadha Udupa and other dental students stated, “Comed-K had barred us from postgraduate dental counselling on May 18 saying we had not presented DDs from nationalised banks. But nowhere in the notification had they mentioned that DDs must be drawn only from nationalised banks.” The petitioners said some students were even barred because their DDs did not have seals or signatures. “Since DDs these days are computer printouts, they do not bear seals or signatures,” they pleaded, adding that Comed-K had not even arranged a  help desk.The counsel for the respondent replied, “Students had time during counselling and could have brought DDs from nationalised banks.” Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri observed, “Students are tense at such situations and cannot do much.”The judge then asked the counsel, “Is Karur Vysya Bank a nationalised bank?” When the counsel replied that he was not sure, the judge observed, “Then, how can one expect students to know whether a bank is nationalised or not? You haven’t mentioned it in the notification too.” Justice Hinchigeri then directed Comed-K to redo the entire selection process.