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A Supreme Court bench of Justices Nageshwar Rao and Gavai today issued notice in a plea challenging the order of Tamil Nadu government directing government medical colleges to reserve 50% of seats for doctors serving in the Super Speciality Courses (NEET-SS).

When the hearing for the matter commenced, Justice Nageshwar Rao asked why the petitioners had not challenged the order of Madras High Court upholding the GO.  Gopal Shankarnarayanan, Senior Advocate, appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners here were not parties before the Madras High Court and that the GO is already under challenged before the Supreme Court. He further submitted that the petitioners are from across the country and the Supreme Court had to be approached for it.

Amit Anand Tiwari, Additional Advocate General for Tamil Nadu, submitted that the SLP challenging the Madras High Court order is also coming up before the court and that matters maybe tagged. He further submitted that he will file a comprehensive counter and all the matters pertaining to the GO maybe taken up together.

The court on hearing the submissions issued notice to the government of Tamil Nadu and adjourned the matter to 25th February for further hearing.

Case title: N.Karthikeyan Vs State of Tamil Nadu