Andhra Pradesh high court decides to upheld Post Graduate Medical exam

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, April 26 : The High Court on Friday upheld the decision of the state government in cancelling the Post-Graduation Medical Entrance Test-2014 and directing the NTR University of Health Sciences to conduct the entrance examination afresh on April 27.

While dismissing the three petitions by Dr Vikram Reddy and others, against and in favour of the decision of the government, Justice P. Naveen Rao said, “This case is a glaring example of system failure and malady that has set in all public examinations. The conduct of re-exam is the best possible way to be adopted.”

The Governor had cancelled the test held on March 2 in view of the leakage of the question paper and ordered for a CID probe.

Advocate-General A. Sudarshan Reddy  contended that the Governor, in the capacity of the Chancellor of the NTR University, had the power to cancel the decision. Similarly, the government also had the power to either cancel or to order re-examination in case there were certain irregularities in holding the test.

While considering the submissions of the A-G, the judge said, “It cannot be said that the decision taken by the government to cancel the test and conduct it afresh is vitiated on touch-stone of arbitrary exercise of power.”