KOCHI: The admission supervisory committee, headed by the former judge P.A. Mohammed, has directed private medical college managements to submit original mark lists of qualifying examinations (plus two) of students admitted to seats under the 50 per cent management quota in self-financing medical colleges.

The committee gave this direction at its sitting at the old High Court building on Thursday.

Private medical colleges were asked to produce the rank list and marks allotted to students in the interview held for admission to seats under the management quota. These documents should be submitted at the sitting on Friday.

On Thursday, representatives of seven private medical colleges appeared before the committee and submitted affidavits explaining the admission process for the management seats.

Secretary of the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association George Paul and Controller of Examinations of the consortium of private medical college managements C. Radhakrishna Pillai also appeared before the committee.

Mr. Paul informed the committee that the admission process of the private medical college managements was "fair and transparent."

Mr. Pillai told the committee members that his appointment as Controller of Examinations was only for a specific period. All documents related to the conduct of the entrance test were handed over to the consortium after the completion of the entrance test, he said.

The committee received three complaints from students at its sitting held on Thursday. In one of the complaints, a student informed that a private medical college had denied her admission despite figuring on top of the rank list of the entrance test conducted by the consortium.

The candidate alleged that the college authorities demanded capitation fee for giving admission under the management quota. The student had won 10th rank in the entrance test.

The committee handed over the complaint to the Government counsel. A copy of the complaint was also handed over to the management representative of the private medical college that allegedly denied admission to the student.

The committee also handed over copies of the affidavits submitted by the private medical college managements and students to the Government counsel.

The Government can now give its opinion on the admission process conducted by the private medical college management.

The committee's sitting will be held at the Old High Court Building on Friday and Saturday.

It is learnt that the sitting might continue till Monday if the committee finds it difficult to complete the proceedings on Sunday.

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