The high court on Thursday pointedly asked the state government why a transparent procedure suggested by it on an earlier occasion cannot be made applicable to admissions under management quota seats in private medical colleges for the present academic year.The court sought the governments response on the question while hearing a clutch of pleas calling for priority to merit in filling of management quota medical seats.

The bench comprising justices V Eswaraiah and N Ravishankar heard the arguments offered by additional advocate general KG Krishna Murthy who was appearing on behalf of the state government and the NTR University of Health Sciences.

As Krishna Murthy read out the rules framed for minority colleges as per a high court judgment,the bench observed that the concept of transparency could be made applicable to nonminority private colleges as well.The bench wanted to know whether the method of permitting online applications could be enforced at this juncture.It was then that the additional AG said that that might be difficult at this point of time.

The bench wondered whether four days was enough time for the students to fill application forms and submit the same and reminded how the high court had pointed out the lacuna at an earlier occasion.S Ravi,the senior counsel appearing for some of the private medical colleges,declared that his clients had not violated GO 136.The bench will hear the arguments on behalf of the other colleges on Friday.