JAMMU, June 21: National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted renewal of 100 seats for undergraduate (MBBS) for the year 2024-25 in favour of Government Medical College (GMC) Udhampur after imposing a fine of Rs 12 lakh on the Institution for persistent deficiencies and non-adherence of guidelines and regulations issued by the Commission from time to time.
Official sources told Excelsior that every year, NMC grants renewal of MBBS seats to the Medical Colleges with valid Letters of Permission (LoP) for MBBS admission on assessment of Annual Declaration Form uploaded on NMC portal by these institutions.
Like other Medical Colleges, GMC Udhampur which has a valid LoP for MBBS admission, has also applied this year for renewal of their 100 MBBS seats by uploading requisite details/data on the NMC portal. However, while evaluating annual declaration from, video of examination and SAF-C provided by the College with AEBAS (Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System) report, the NMC experts found several deficiencies.
Accordingly, a show cause notice was issued by the NMC to the College, directing the management of the institution to furnish point-wise reply within 3-days to as to why the seats allocated to the Institution be not reduced in Academic Year 2024-25 or a monetary penalty be not imposed.
Further the College was given an additional opportunity to present the explanation on the observation of NMC through virtual hearing before the Undergraduate Medical Education Board on 23-05-2024. In the hearing, the College was represented by its Principal but the competent authority which reviewed the observations found the breaches to be substantial and the clarification given by the College as unsatisfactory.However, taking a lenient view, the NMC granted the renewal of 100 MBBS seats for the year 2024-25 to GMC Udhampur, subject to deposit of a fine of Rs 12 lakh and decided to do a reassessment after 2 months with a warning of initiating stringent action if deficiencies pointed by it exist.
“The competent authority is of the view that in all respects, your college becomes the fit case for reduction of seats due to non-adherence guidelines, regulations notified and issued by NMC from time to time. Since the portal for submission of the Annual Declaration Form has been introduced for first time, taking a lenient view, the Board decided to grant renewal of 100 MBBS seats for the year 2024-25, subject to the deposit of a fine of Rs 12lakh as a first measure. However, a reassessment will be done after 2 months. If deficiencies exist with your college, this organization will initiate the stringent action as mandated under MSMER-2023 Chapter-III clause-8 and any other relevant act and rules,” said Director UGMEB in a communiqué to GMC Udhampur, recently.
