HC serves notices on medical fee

BANGALORE: Justice Rangavitalachar of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notices with directions to the state health and family welfare department and two medical colleges, following a petition by PG students seeking fixing of fee.
In their petition, Gouli Chandrashekar and five other PG students of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences and Devraj Urs College said they had been admitted into the colleges under the government quota.But the colleges had fixed Rs 6 lakh and Rs 3 lakh as fees for clinical and non-clinical courses, respectively.
The petitioners contended that the fee they were asked to pay was for students of the management quota. They pleaded with the court to revise the fee as per the government quota. The court issued notices and directed the respondents, including the secretary, medical education, Devraj Urs College and KIMS, to take an undertaking from the petitioners.
Plea disposed of: A high court division bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and K.L. Manjunath on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by the Bengalooru Nirmapaka Kempegowda Smaraka Samithi, seeking a direction to the state government and other authorities to prevent the construction of Vivekananda Yoga Kendra near Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple, an ancient and historical monument of the city consisting of a cave temple and other architectural monuments.
The petitioner said according to the Karnataka Ancient and Historical Monuments Preservation Act, construction of buildings and mining operations within a radius of 200 metre of a protected monument was prohibited and the respondents should not be permitted.
The court considered the contentions and also the absence of statutory notifications under the Act, but observed that the cave temple had to be protected. The court took on record the undertaking given by the respondent that the construction of the yoga kendra would not in any manner cause damage of the monument and that there would be no encroachment of the land assigned to the temple, and disposed of the petition.
Mandya land allotment: A division bench of the High Court, comprising Justices M.F. Saldanha and S. Rajendra Prasad, on Wednesday directed the Mandya divisional commisioner and Maddur tahsildar to complete formalities in allocating 30 guntas of land to two locals of Mandya in a land dispute, within six weeks.
Following a writ, where the petitioners said a tank in the area used by cattle was under dispute, the bench had issued bailable warrants to the Mandya DC and Maddur tahsildar for failing to sort out the matter. The respondents on Wednesday appeared before the court and identified 30 guntas of land that would be allocated to the owners, Ningamma and Shankara.