Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the September 2024 policy of the Haryana government for admissions to MD/ MS courses in the state from among the in-service doctors.

Under the state quota, in-service doctors receive a 40% reservation. The September 2024 policy allowed that even without rendering two-year service in rural/remote areas in the state, the government medical practitioners can also apply. However, a group of doctors challenged this specific condition. They argued that unless an in-service candidate has worked in rural/remote/difficult areas, he/she cannot be treated as an in-service candidate under the 40% quota for admission to the postgraduate course.

According to a January 2018 notificatio...