The Tamil Nadu Government's decision to abolish the Commmon Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses like medicine and engineering has been challenged in the apex court by an aggrieved student.
The petitioner, A S Prabhu, has alleged that the Government's decision to abolish the CET tests was illegal as admissions were now being sought to be made by the state through random allotment and an "unscientific" manner.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court had on April 27 upheld the Government's decision to abolish the practice of conducting CET.
The state had earlier brought the Tamil Nadu Admissions in Professional Educational Institutioins Act 2006 to abolish the CET on the ground that it discriminated against the rural students.
It was the stance of the State Government that the CET only benefitted the students in the cities/towns. CET was being followed in Tamil Nadu since 1984.
Instead it has sought to grant admissions into professional exams on the basis of the marks obtained in qualifying exams.
The matter is likely to be mentioned before the apex court on Wednesday by the petitioner's counsel.
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