Lucknow, Sep 28 The Allahabad High Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh government on how its earlier order on Scheduled Caste (SC) reservation in MBBS counselling for academic session 2026-2027 was implemented.
The Lucknow bench has directed the additional chief secretary and the medical education department to appear personally on Tuesday and explain the status of compliance with the court's order as well as the assurance given by the state government.
A bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjiv Shukla passed the order on Monday in response to a PIL filed by Youth for Equality Foundation, which claimed that the state government didn’t implement the court’s order on SC reservation in all colleges, and instead restricted its implementation to only four government medical colleges.
The court directed that the matter be listed on September 29, along with other connected cases.
The dispute relates to the Scheduled Caste reservation in four government medical colleges – Ambedkar Nagar, Kannauj, Jalaun and Saharanpur.
Earlier, in a special appeal, the state government sought that the counselling for the 2025-26 academic session not be disturbed.
The government assured the court that from the 2026-27 academic session, SC reservation in these four colleges would be implemented in accordance with the statutory limit of 21 per cent.
Based on this assurance, the court had refrained from disturbing the ongoing admission process.
Subsequently, a dispute arose over compliance with an order passed on September 16 in another writ petition.
During Monday's hearing, senior advocate Sandeep Dixit, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the state government did not implement the court’s order across the entire counselling process for all the colleges and seats, and instead restricted its application to only the four colleges involved in the writ petition.
The petitioner contended that this amounted to non-compliance with the earlier court order and the assurance given by the state in the special appeal.
Taking note of the submissions, the court directed the additional chief secretary, medical education department, to remain personally present on Tuesday and clarify the government's position.
