India, Feb. 22 -- The Delhi high court has vacated its stay restraining the Delhi government from taking over the administrative control of the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS).

The court was of the view that non-implementation of the Centre's August 2005 decision of bringing UCMS block and Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital under the unified control of the Delhi government acted against public interest (i.e., patients and students) and only focussed to serve the private interest of the employees and staff of the institution.

"The adverse and detrimental effect of the aforesaid tussle of control between DU (Delhi University) and GNCTD (Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi) leading to lack of essential infrastructu...