Rules For Admission To Post Graduate Courses In The Medical Colleges In The State Of Andhra Pradesh
(1) These rules may be called the "Rules for Admission to Post Graduate Courses in the Medical Colleges in the State of Andhra Pradesh."
(2) They shall apply to Post Graduate Medical Courses in the Medical College in the State.
(1) Seats in post-graduate degree and diploma courses in such Medical College shall be notified by the Government separately:
* (2) Extra seats for Medical Graduates of other States shall be provided on reciprocal basis. The number of seats allocated to the respective States will be announced separately. The Government of Andhra Pradesh shall have right to select and nominate candidates of their own choice. These seats shall be excluded from the purview of the Selection Committee.
* (3) Extra seat for I.C.M.R. Sponsored Candidates :- One extra seat shall be provided in M.D. (Obstetrics and Cynaecology) in any medical college in the State of A.P. to a medical graduate of Andhra Pradesh selected in the competitive Examination under the Talent Research Scheme conducted by the I.C.M.R.
(1) 14%, 4%, 25% of the total number of seats * [notified] both in Degree and Diploma Courses shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes respectively * [ ]
* (2) 15% of seats in clinical subjects (i.e., in Medicine, surgery, obstetrics and Gynaecology groups) and 30% of seats in non-clinical subjects or in each group are reserved for inservice candidates. The reservation of inservice candidates shall be applicable in each category i.e.., O.C., S.C., S.T., and B.C. Candidates selected on merit in respective categories shall be counted against inservice quota.
Explanation :-
(i) Andhra Pradesh Medical and Health Services.
(ii) Andhra Pradesh Insurance Medical Services.
(iii) Andhra Pradesh Municipal Services.
(iv
(1) Admission to 85% of the seats shall be reserved in favour of the local candidates in relation to the local area in respect of the educational Institution as specified in these rules and as provided in Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admission) Order, 1974 as amended.
State wide Course :-
(2) Local area :-
(1) Candidates may obtain the application forms and rules governing the admissions by submitting a challan for Rs.5/- with self-addressed envelope of 11 cms x 25 cms, size with stamps affixed to the value of Rs.5/- to the principals of the respective University area to which he wishes to apply or in person. The amount of Rs.5/- shall be credited in a Government Treasury/State Bank under the following Head of Account.
(2) All applications duly filled in and with all necessary documents shall be delivered in person or sent by post to the principals from whom the application forms obtained so as to reach him on or before the last date of submission of application. The application form obtained from a particular college shall be posted to the same college from which it has been obtained. Application forms obtained from one college and posted to the other college shall be inva
(1) Candidates who have passed M.B.B.S. examination of one of the Universities of the State or any other University recognised as equivalent thereto and who complete Internship on the date to be notified by the Chairman of the Examination Board are eligible to apply subject to the fulfilment of the conditions stipulated in Rule 4.
(2) Applicants who are already Post Graduate Degree holders in a subject or admitted and registered for a Post Graduate Degree in a subject shall not be considered for selection for Post Graduate Degree * [or diploma] in another subject.
(3) Applicants who are already Post Graduate Diploma holders in a subject or admitted and Registered for a Post Graduate Diploma Course in a subject shall not be considered for admission to Post Graduate Degree Course in the subjects available in another group.
(4) Applicants who are already a Post Graduate Diploma holder in su
Notification shall be issued by the Director of Medical Education inviting applications from the eligible candidates for admission to the Post Graduate Degree/Diploma Course in the Medical College.
(1) The entrance test shall be objective type * [multiple choice not exceeding 200 questions] to be answered in 3 hours duration.
(2) The test shall be conducted at Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Tirupathi, Warangal and Hyderabad and the candidates will be considered for selection to the University area as defined under Rule 3 in which he appeared for that Test.
(3) All the candidates shall appear for Entrance Test and shall qualify themselves therein to be eligible for admission into Post Graduate Course.
(4) The syllabus for the Entrance Test shall be that of M.B.B.S standard of the Universities of Andhra Pradesh State.
(5) Minimum marks required to pass in the Entrance Test are as follows:-
(i) 50 marks for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates.
(ii) 60 marks for all other candidates.
(2) The
(1) The Examination Board constituted by the Government shall get the entrance test papers valued either manually or mechanically and prepare a master merit list on the basis of marks obtained in the entrance test].
(2) In case of equality of marks in the Entrance Test, the total percentage of marks in M.B.B.S * [xxx] upto 2nd decimal places shall be taken into consideration for fixing the merit of the candidates. If the Entrance Test marks and M.B.B.S Marks are equal, marks obtained in the concerned subject (M.B.B.S.) * [xxx] shall be taken into consideration if the candidates opted for the same subject.
(3) Weightage of Marks:- Candidates under the following categories will be given weightage of marks as shown against them:-
(i) Army Service of six months or more 3 Marks
(ii) Diplomate holders applying or Degree Course in the same 3 Marks subject.
(iii) * [xxx] Tutors, with an exp
(1) Provisional selections shall be made by the Selection Committees constituted by the Government.
(2) Marks of the candidates in order of merit and in order of Roll Number will be displayed on the Notice Boards of the respective colleges 5 days before the actual date of selection.
(3) The Selection Committee shall display the Charts showing the allocation of seats in Medical Colleges of the University area (local area) at the time of selections.
(4) On the dates notified, the candidates shall be selected * [as per merit] at the Centres till all the seats are filled. The selection will be only from among the candidates who physically present themselves when their Roll Numbers are called out, in the order of merit.
(5) Claims of the candidates will not be considered, if they are found absent when called at the time of selection. If a candidate on merit is absent fo
(1) All candidates joining the Post Graduate Degree, Diploma Courses should execute the bond on a stamped paper Rs.5 value as prescribed in Annexure III to ensure completion of the prescribed period of training or in default to pay Rs.1,000 to Government the amount mentioned in the bond and shall have to forego stipend due to him if any in that month. But the candidates who discontinued the course under this class, shall not be considered for any other subject on the basis of merit in the entrance test during the same academic year. The course imparted prior to discontinuance shall not be counted for any other purpose.]
(2) The original certificates submitted by the candidates shall not be returned to the candidates till they complete their course of study and appear for the University examination:, * [subject to sub_rule (1)].
(3) Attendance :-
(1) The admissions stand closed at the end of 30 days from the commencement of the Course.
(2) Any vacancy arising after closure of admission shall not be filled.
The Course shall normally commence with effect from the date decided by the Selection Committee. The duration of the course shall be calculated from the date of commencement of the course and shall be uniform for all the candidates irrespective of their individual dates of admission for each local area.
Applications for transfer of Post Graduate students from One Medical College to another within the State will be considered only after the closure of admission and before completion of 1st year subject to the availability of vacancies with the concurrence of the Principals of Medical Colleges and Universities concerned. The Principal of Medical College who is also a Member-Secretary is the authority to transfer the students within the University area. No candidate can claim the transfer as a matter of right and it is purely left to the discretion of the authorities concerned.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules, the Principals of Medical colleges in the State may at any time before completion of the Post Graduate Course either on their own motion or on the application of any person after due and proper enquiry and after giving the person two weeks time from the date of the receipt of the show cause notice to submit a written explanation and/or a personal hearing, order the cancellation of admission to the 1st year Post Graduate Degree/Diploma, if in their opinion, such candidates had furnished fraudulent or incorrect particulars in the application forms or in the documents attached thereto, or in the Statements made either before the authority incharge of admissions or the Principals or in any other manner. Against any such order of the Principal, an appeal shall lie to the Director of Medical Education.
The Government may either suo motu or on an application made to them call for and examine records relating to any selection or admission or cancellation thereof made by the authority in-charge of selection or admission for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality or regularity of such selection or admission orders in relation thereto as they deem fit including cancellation of the selection already published or admission already made provided that Government may before cancelling such selection or admission give an opportunity to the authority in-charge of selection or admission and to the person affected to show cause against such cancellation.
* All Selections made under these rules shall be subject to the orders that may be passed by the Government under Rule 16 which shall be final".
* [ "Inservice candidates shall join the course on or before the commencement of the course after getting relief from the concerned Head of the Institution. The Heads of the Medical Institution shall give them relief if they apply for relief enclosing a copy of the selection and allotment order issued by the Member Secretary under intimation to the Director of Medical Education or Director of Health and Family Welfare respectively.]
* [ (1) Inservice candidates (of the Medical and health Department) who have put in a rural service of two years on duty or more * [or] one year of service on duty in the Institution of Medical and Health Department in Tribal areas notified by the Government and are as selected for admission in clinical subjects and non clinical subjects, will be deputed for the postgraduate studies.
* [Candidates who have been deputed under this rule shall have to execute a bond on a stamped paper of Rs.5/- value as prescribed in Annexure IV to complete the said course as per the requirements of the Institution. In the event of his leaving the studies in mid-term or in case of his failure to serve the Government of Andhra Pradesh for a period of five years after completion of the course, he shall pay to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only).
(2) Any candidate in
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