The Pondicherry State Students and Parents Welfare Association has urged authorities to initiate exemplary punitive measures against those who secured MBBS admissions using fake nativity certificates.
In appeals to the Lt. Governor, Chief Minister and others, Association president V. Bala Balasubramanian said this year, of the 1,700 applications received, at least 12 applicants were detected to have dual nativity (in Tamil Nadu and Kerala) while claiming domicile status in Puducherry.
The Association said that though the admission of these candidates was revoked, criminal proceedings had to be initiated against the culprits. The Association has also flagged the appearance of three candidates in both the All India Quota and CENTAC lists, which was violative of the norms.
Only a comprehensive probe by a competent agency, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, would be able to unearth the scope of the fraudulence in MBBS admissions, punish the guilty and render justice for genuine students, it added.
Meanwhile, members of the Adi Dravidar community staged a protest on Sunday against the alleged admission malpractice where candidates with fake dual nativity/community certificates gained entry into medical institutions in the Union Territory at the expense of local students.
The Puducherry Bhimsena, which led the protest, also called upon the authorities to ensure compliance with the rule that Adi Dravidian certificate is issued only to a member of the community based on the paternal lineage and not maternal lineage. The outfit alleged that the allotment list for admission published by CENTAC mentioned candidates who were provisionally given admission based on maternal-lineage community certificate in violation of the norms.
Published – August 19, 2025 05:30 am IST
