Time is running out for several thousand medical aspirants vying for the some 3,000 MBBS seats across Tamil Nadu. After a court order on Monday struck down 85 per cent reservation for Tamil Nadu state education board students in medical colleges in the state, the state government has been sitting on a proposal to challenge it in the Supreme Court. As a result, with counselling already on for those who've cleared the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) elsewhere, students from the state are caught in an inconvenient spot.
