The Raj Bhavan has notified that the Tamil Nadu Governor, RN Ravi has returned the Bill against NEET moved by the State government. The notification said that he returned the Bill that sought to do away with NEET-based admissions for Undergraduate medical degree courses, to the Assembly Speaker.
The official release said that the Governor had done a detailed study of the Bill, that sought to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET, and also studied the report of the high-level committee constituted by the State government for this purpose. The release however said that the Governor was “of the opinion that the Bill is against interests of the students specially the rural and economically poor students of the State.” Hence, The governor returned the Bill to the speaker, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, “giving detailed reasons for its reconsideration by the house.”
The release also said that the Supreme Court had comprehensively examined the issue specially from the social justice perspective and upheld NEET as it prevents economic exploitation of poor students and was in furtherance of social justice, in the Christian Medical College Vellore Association Vs Union of India case (2020).
The DMK-led assembly passed the Bill in the Parliament, seeking admission to Undergraduate Medical, dentistry, homeopathy and Indian Medicine courses through marks obtained in 12th Standard board examinations.
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