Chandigarh, Nov. 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday rejected a format mandated by the UT administrations for MD/ MS admissions for the academic session 2026-27 seeking declaration that fathers/ forefathers of a scheduled caste (SC) candidates were bona fide residents of the city.

Now, the court has directed the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector-32 to prepare merit list of SC candidates under the UT-pool with the declaration from the candidates mandating about their bona fide certification only.

The high court bench of justice Suvir Sehgal and justice Rajesh Gaur acted on the petition of some course aspirants who claimed that they are bona fide SC category candidates but a format introduced by UT abo...