HC upholds MBBS entry rule for BCs

hyderabad: a full bench of the a p high court comprising chief justice b. sudershan reddy and justice v v s rao on tuesday upheld the interpretation on rule reservation for backward classes while making admission to mbbs i year course. the sliding rule provided that a candidate who had taken a payment seat could slide into a seat reserved for bc candidates in the non-payment category.the resultant vacancy is filled up another candidate of the same category. this action was challenged. the same bench by a majority view upheld the interpretation relating to admission to engineering courses. in his minority view the chief justice said, law must move forward but the creative and dynamic interpretative rule of this court should not be extended to the extent of delaying the benefit statutory rules to one section students at the cost of others. voicing the majority view justices v v s rao said,the supreme court has considered the principle and categorically laid down the resultant vacant seat by operation of sliding rule must necessarily go to a candidate belonging to the received category. he added, law (laid by supreme court) is binding on the courts, including this court. such a situation the endeavour the high court should be to guide its adjudicative process in line with the law laid down by the supreme court.