The Maharashtra Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions (Regulation and Abolition of All India quota) Act, 2003

1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions (Regulation and Abolition of All India quota) Act, 2003.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (1) "All India Seats" or "All India quota" means 15 per cent. seats of M.B.B.S. and B.D.S. Degree courses and 25 per cent, seats of post-graduate degrees, in Medical and Dental courses, of the total number of seats available in Government and Municipal Medical and Dental Colleges in the State of Maharashtra, made available by the Government for the students, on all India basis, as per the All India Medical Admission Scheme laid down by the Government of India, for admission to medical colleges in India;
2. (2) "appointed date" means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of section 1;
3. (3) "Competent Authority" means the Director, Medical Education and Research, Maharashtra State, at Mumbai, or such other officer designated as such by the State Government ;
4. (4) "Director" means the Director, Medical Education and Research, Maharashtra State, Mumbai ;
5. (5) "Government" means the Government of Maharashtra;
6. (6) "medical admission" means admission to the M.B.B.S. Degree course and the B.D.S. Degree course and shall include admission to the post-graduate degree courses in medical and dental disciplines ;
7. (7) "medical colleges" means the Government Medical and Dental Colleges run by the State Government and shall include the medical and dental colleges run by the local authorities in the State;
8. (8) "medical seats" means the seats available for medical admissions in medical colleges ;
9. (9) "local students" means students who are ordinarily residing for a continuous period of not less than 15 years within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Maharashtra;
10. (10) "State" means the State of Maharashtra.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgement, order or direction of any Court, or any law, rule, regulation, bye-law, scheme, document or instrument to the contrary, on and from the appointed date, "All India quota" shall, in relation to the medical admissions in the State, stand abolished : Provided that, out of the total number of medical seats in the State, certain seats as specified below, shall be reserved for the eligible students from the disturbed areas or States declared as such by the Government of India and from the States where no medical or dental education facilities are available, namely :- 40 seats for M.B.B.S. Degree Course ; 5 seats for B.D.S. Degree Course ; 18 seats for Post-Graduate Degree Courses in Medical Disciplines ; and 2 seats for Post-Graduate Degree Courses in Dental Discipline : Provided further that, nothing in this section, shall affect the existing reservation policy and the reservation policy declared by Government for medical admissions, from time to time.

For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that,-

1. (a) from the appointed date, there shall be no "All India quota" medical seats reserved on All India basis in the State for medical admissions and the State Government hereby withdraws from the scheme laid down by the Government of India providing for medical admissions on all India basis, from "All India quota";
2. (b) the "All India quota" under the Government of India Scheme having been abolished as provided in section 3, the medical seats having become so available shall be filled in, alongwith the other medical seats, following the same procedure and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, as laid down by the Competent Authority in this behalf, from time to time.

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by general or special order, make provision or give such direction not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty : Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the apointed date.
2. (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the Stage Legislature.