9. Miscellaneous (a) Regulation of admission in Minority Institutions:

(i) 50 per cent of seats in minority educational institutions shall be filled on the basis of merit list prepared by the competent authority. Out of these seats half shall be payment seats and other half shall be free seats. The remaining 50 per cent of seats shall be filled by the management from amongst the candidates belonging to the concerned minority out of which half will be payment seats and other half will be free seats (ii) After completing the admission, each minority college shall submit to the competent authority, the concerned University and the concerned State Government, a statement containing full particulars of the students admitted against 50 per cent filled up by the management from amongst the candidates belonging to the concerned minority.

(b) Admission of NRIs/Foreign students-Private medical colleges shall be permitted to admit the NRIs/Foreign students upto a maximum of 10 per cent of the total sanctioned intake capacity from the academic year 1994-95. This 10 per cent will be out of "payment seats". The NRIs/Foreign students shall be admitted on the basis of merit. But in view of different backgrounds they come from, it is for the management of the college concerned to judge the merit of these candidates, having regard to the relevant factors.

(c) No quota for management - There shall be no quota of seats for the management or for any family, caste or community which may have established such a college or institution. However, the management may fill at their discretion any seats that remain unfilled in the 10 per cent quota under clause (b) above.

(d) Reservation - It shall be open to a private medical college to provide for reservation of seats for constitutionally permissible classes with the approval of the affiliating university. Such reservations, if any, shall be made and notified to the competent authority and the appropriate authority atleast one month prior to the issuance of notification calling for applications for admission to such category of colleges. In such a case, the competent authority shall allot students keeping in view the reservations provided by a medical college. The rule of merit shall be followed even in such reserved categories.

(e) Interpretation of regulations - In case of a dispute of interpretation of these regulations the decision of the Central Government shall be final and binding on all concerned.