21 September,2016 07:49 AM IST | | Pallavi Smart
Candidates and their parents have just two days to cancel previous admissions and get back the original documents, which the private colleges are demanding for confirmation
While some have to run around between two colleges to get their documents back, others have to hop in two different cities to secure admission. Representational pic
Though medical admissions in private colleges have finally begun, after the HC ruling on Monday, it's likely to be a while before aspirants' woes end completely - now, their task at hand is to cancel admissions taken in other institutions to get back their original documents for submission to medical colleges.
With admissions having delayed for a long time, students had secured seats in deemed university medical colleges as well as for other courses. And with the deadline to secure admission in private colleges being September 22, candidates are left with just a couple of days to cancel the earlier admission and get back original documents.
More time needed
A majority of the candidates have demanded more time for this. They have also complained how the administration in deemed colleges is taking time in issuing original documents, while private institutions are not giving them the slightest of leeway to tackle technical delays.
A candidate, who had taken admission to Bharati Vidyapeeth, a deemed university medical college and has now got a seat in Kashibai Nawale medical college in the centralised merit list, said, "This is the new circus now - apply to earlier college to cancel admission, where we are unsure how long the process will take. Thankfully, in my case, both colleges are in Pune, so running between the two is not much of a task. But there are candidates who are running between two different cities and have just two days."
"On finding out that the new college won't confirm admission without original documents, I ran to Bharti Vidyapeeth, where I was asked to apply for cancellation. I am desperately hoping that I get the documents on Wednesday, so that I get a day to confirm my admission in the new college," he added.
Admission circus
His friend, however, is more tensed as he had taken admission in Ahmednagar's Pravara medical college and has now been allotted a seat in Ashwini medical college in Solapur.
"Admissions to deemed universities are once again subject to verdict of the SC, with the state government having challenged them. Hence, I want to shift my seat to a private college, where admission will be final. But now, there is this issue."
"Thank god though that my mother and I reported to the newly allotted college, while my father went to the one in Ahmednagar to begin the cancellation. There is, however, uncertainty, as we don't know when we'll get all the documents. They need to give us more time," he added.
When contacted, chairperson of Bharati Vidyapeeth Group of Institutions Vishwajeet Kadam said, "It is a student's right if s/he wants to cancel his/her admission. These formalities should take between 24 and 48 hours. We do not want to cause inconvenience to students."
At Kashibai Nawale College though, they are firm about the admission deadline. Founder-president of Nawale Group of Institutions Maruti Nawale said, "We cannot give admission to any candidate without original documents. But considering the distance between colleges, more time could have been allotted to students to confirm their seats in the centralised process."
And even as candidates and parents continue to run around, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) Dr Praveen Shingare has shrugged off any responsibility in the matter and said there is enough time. "We have given three days to candidates to confirm admissions in newly allotted colleges," said Shingare.
