Chandigarh, Nov. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered Chandigarh administration to admit MD/MS degree course students at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32 under the state quota seats on the basis of institutional preference criterion.

The high court bench of justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and justice Rohit Kapoor observed that the manner in which UT proposes to fill the seats prime facie cannot have the approval of the court. The apex court has already held that reservation in PG medical course admissions based on descent to be "impermissible".

The administration criterion of candidates having passed their Class 10, 11 and 12 from the school recognised and situated in Chandigarh appears impermissible, it sa...