The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to students of Government Schools Act, 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 

The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian 

Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to students of Government Schools 

Act, 2020 

 

Act 34 of 2020 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyword(s): 

Government School, Minority Educational Institution, National Eligibility Entrance Test, 

Private School 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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No. 449] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020
 Aippasi 14, Saarvari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2051

TAMIL  NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY    PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY

 © [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.
GOVERNMENT  OF   TAMIL  NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.
 2020 [Price:  Rs. 1.60  Paise.   

Part  IV—Section  2

Tamil  Nadu  Acts and Ordinances

Ex-IV-2—449

[201]

 An Act to provide for preference in admission to undergraduate 
courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy 
for the students who studied in Government schools and have 
qualifi ed in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

 WHEREAS the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 
102 of 1956) mandates conduct of a uniform entrance examination for 
admission to all medical educational institutions throughout the country 
at the under graduate level;

 AND WHEREAS the uniform entrance examination to all medical 
educational institutions is only a qualifying examination for admission to 
M.B.B.S. course;

 AND WHEREAS admission to M.B.B.S. course in all medical 
educational institutions shall be based solely on the marks obtained in 
the uniform entrance examination;

 AND WHEREAS the students who studied in Government schools 
have secured very negligible number of seats in the admission to 
M.B.B.S. course because of lower marks in the qualifying examination;

 AND WHEREAS a Commission comprising of senior offi  cials under 
the Chairmanship of  Justice P.Kalaiyarasan (Retired High Court Judge) 
was constituted to assess and analyse the reasons for the lower number 
of Government school students getting admission to M.B.B.S. course 
and to suggest remedial measures to the Government;

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the 
assent of the Governor on the 30th October 2020 and is hereby 
published for general information:—

ACT No. 34 OF 2020.



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 AND WHEREAS in view of the cognitive gap created by socio 
economic factors such as caste, parental occupation, parental education, 
parental income, gender, etc., the said Commission concluded that 
the Government school students form a separate class and are in a 
disadvantageous position as compared to private school students and 
therefore recommended that ten per cent of seats in the admission 
to M.B.B.S. course can be set apart  on preferential basis to students 
who studied from Sixth Standard to Higher Secondary Course in  State 
Government schools and qualifi ed in the National Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test;

AND WHEREAS the said Commission has also recommended that 
the above reservation can be extended to all courses for which National 
Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test has been prescribed as an eligibility 
criterion;

 AND WHEREAS Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution permit 
reasonable classifi cation on intelligible diff erentia and thereby permits 
diff erent treatment to unequals;

 AND WHEREAS the Government, after careful consideration 
of the recommendation of the said Commission, have decided to set 
apart seven and a half per cent of seats in the admission to M.B.B.S. 
course and other medical courses, for which the National Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test is prescribed as the qualifying examination, on preferential 
basis to students of the State Government schools who have qualifi ed in 
the said Test;

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu 
in the Seventy-fi rst Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

Short title and 
commencement.

 1. (1) This Act may be called the  Tamil Nadu Admission to 
Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and 
Homeopathy on preferential basis to students of Government schools 
Act, 2020.

 (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government 
may, by notifi cation, appoint.

Defi nitions.  2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  (a) “Government” means the State Government;

  (b) “Government seats” mean,—

  (i) all the seats in M.B.B.S., B.D.S., B.S.M.S., B.A.M.S., 
B.U.M.S. and B.H.M.S. courses in Government Colleges, excluding the 
seats reserved for all India quota; and 

  (ii) 65 per cent of seats in M.B.B.S., B.D.S., B.S.M.S., 
B.A.M.S., B.U.M.S. and B.H.M.S. courses in non-minority educational 
institutions and 50 per cent of seats in minority educational institutions, 
or the seats as arrived at in accordance with the consensus between 
such institutions and the Government;

  (c) “Government schools” mean and includes Government 
schools, Corporation schools, Municipal schools, Adi Dravidar and Tribal 
Welfare schools, Kallar Reclamation schools, Forest Department schools 
and other schools managed by Government Departments;



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 (d) “Students studied in Government schools” mean children 
who have studied from Sixth Standard to Higher Secondary Course in a 
Government school and qualifi ed in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance 
Test.

Central Act 35 of 
2009.

 Explanation.— For the purpose of this defi nition, children belonging 
to weaker section and disadvantaged group who have studied upto 
eighth standard in a specifi ed category school or an unaided school, as 
per clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Right of Children 
to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and studied all remaining 
standards up to Higher Secondary Course in a Government school and 
qualifi ed in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, shall be deemed to 
be ‘Students studied in Government schools’;

 (e) “minority educational institution” means an educational 
institution recognized or declared as such by the Government, subject to 
such conditions as may be prescribed;

 (f) “M.B.B.S., B.D.S., B.S.M.S., B.A.M.S., B.U.M.S. and 
B.H.M.S. courses” mean the fi rst year of Bachelor of Medicine and 
Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Siddha 
Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, 
Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Homeopathic 
Medicine and Surgery;

Central Act 102 of 
1956.

Central Act XVI of 
1948.

 (g) “National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test” means the Eligibility-
cum-Entrance Test conducted by the authority designated under the 
Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, the Dentists Act, 1948, Indian Medicine 
Central Council (Minimum Standards of Education in Indian Medicine) 
Regulations, 1986 and the Homeopathy (Degree Course) Regulations, 
1983 for admission to M.B.B.S., B.D.S., B.S.M.S., B.A.M.S., B.U.M.S. 
and B.H.M.S. courses, respectively;

 (h) “private school” means a school which is not a Government 
school.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being 
in force and subject to  section 5, seven and a half per cent of the 
Government seats shall be set apart on preferential basis to students 
studied in Government schools.

Admission on 
preferential 
basis.

4. Students studied in Government schools shall also be entitled 
to compete for the Government seats, other than those set apart on 
preferential basis, along with the students who studied in private schools.

Right to 
compete for 
other seats 
not to be 
aff ected.

5. Admission of students studied in Government schools on 
preferential basis under section 3 shall be made by following the 
reservation as per the law in force.

Reservation 
to apply.

6. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, where adequate 
number of students studied in Government schools are not available for 
admission to the seats set apart on preferential basis, such unfi lled seats 
shall be fi lled up with the students who studied in private schools.

Filling up of 
preferential 
seats.

 7. (1) The Government may, by notifi cation, make rules for carrying 
out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

Power to 
make rules.

   (2) (a) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the 
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, and unless they are expressed to 
come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on 
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 (b) All notifi cations issued under this Act shall, unless they are 
expressed to come into force on a particular day, come into force on the 
day on which they are so published.

 (3) Every rule made, notifi cation or order issued under this Act 
shall, as soon as possible, after it is made or issued, be placed on the 
Table of the Legislative Assembly, and if, before the expiry of the session 
in which it is so placed or the next session, the Legislative Assembly 
makes any modifi cation in any such rule, notifi cation or order or the 
Legislative Assembly decides that the rule, notifi cation or order shall 
thereafter have eff ect only in such modifi ed form or be of no eff ect, as the 
case may be, so, however, that any such modifi cation or annulment shall 
be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that 
rule, notifi cation or order.

Power to remove 
diffi  culties.

8. If any diffi  culty arises in giving eff ect  to any provisions 
of this Act, the Government may, by an order published in the 
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act, as may be necessary or expedient for the 
purpose of removing the said diffi  culty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two 
years from the date of commencement of this Act.

Power to give 
directions.

9. The Government may, from time to time, give such directions as it 
may deem fi t for giving eff ect to the provisions of this Act.

(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR,
Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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