Shillong, Sept 4: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) has sought the disqualification of 10 candidates from the open category in the allotment of MBBS seats under the state quota, after they failed to submit the Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC).
In a letter submitted to the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh, KSU president Lambokstarwell Marngar said the 10 candidates did not submit relevant documents as per the directives of the DHS.
He said absence of PRC invites disqualification of such candidates.
The letter said Mehbub Hassan did not submitt his PRC but instead submitted a Provisional PRC which was issued on June 7 2023 in Dadenggre and valid for only 12 months. The candidate was born in the year 2001 and birth certificate was issued in 2019 which lacks a proper serial number and a court order to verify the same.
“Monimul Ekram Mondal: No birth certificate submitted. A PPRC valid for only 3 months submitted. No PRC submitted
Ayush Kumar: Submitted only a birth certificate from Bihar without a court order, a CBSE document from Rajasthan and a PRC from East Jaintia Hills.
Md Mahmadul Islam: Submitted a birth certificate which was issued in 2012, registered on 2002 although the person was born the year, that is 2003.No PRC submitted but a PPRC from West Garo Hills valid for 12 months was submitted.
Atifa Zaman: No birth certificate submitted. No PRC submitted. PPRC from West Garo Hills submitted valid for only 12 months.
Chiranjit Kumar Paul: Birth certificate issued in 2008 whereas the individual was born in 2005. However court order is absent in the certificate. No PRC submitted but instead a PPRC was submitted valid only for 12 months.
Deeya Choudhary: PRC submitted but no birth certificate. Further verification required regarding her place of birth.
Angoor Zaman Hoque: Birth certificate submitted lacks court order and serial number. No PRC submitted but a PPRC from West Garo Hills valid for 12 months was submitted.
Abdul Kalam Golam Mahdi Alom: Birth certificate issued on 2014, 12 years after his birth lacks court order and a serial number. No PRC submitted. PPRC issued on May 16, 2023 valid for only 3 months submitted.
Habibur Rehman: A candidate that features in the waiting list of the open category did not submit a PRC but in its place a PPRC valid for only 12 months submitted. Place of birth not determined,” the letter added.
In her response, Health Minister assured that the government will revoke the allocation of MBBS seats, if documents of any applicant are found to be untrue and fraudulent.
“We have anyways ensured that every applicant who has applied for allocation of seats sign an undertaking that if any document found to be untrue and fraudulent, their seat will stand revoked,” Lyngdoh told reporters after meeting with a delegation of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), which has sought her intervention into the credibility of certificates submitted by the applicants to avail the medical seats under the state quota.
She said the department had already written to all the deputy commissioners (DCs) to verify the documents submitted by applicants. Based on the DCs’ reply, the department had announced the first list of 92 medical seats.
