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The policy was challenged as it favored such students over even candidates who lived in Maharashtra but had graduated from colleges outside the state.
The petition, filed by NEET PG candidate Anna Mathew, alleged that the policy was arbitrary, discriminatory and violated her rights as a person living in Maharashtra.
A bench of judges BP Colabawalla And Somasekhar Sundaresan ruled that the policy was reasonable, rational, justified and defensible.
“Any differentiation and any perceived discrimination in treatment would not attract the vice of arbitrariness. Whether the basis of being perceptive and discriminatory in the exercise of discretion is reasonable is the test to be followed.” the Court added.
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