The Supreme Court has issued notices to Madhya Pradesh authorities in a post-matric scholarship dispute involving an OBC medical student. Dr Dinesh Chandra Patidar claims he paid ₹7 lakh annually for a three-year MDS course but received only ₹84,000 in scholarship for two years. The matter earlier reached the MP High Court.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a notice to the Commissioner of Backwards Class and Minority Welfare Department, Madhya Pradesh, for non-disbursal of post-matric scholarship.

Justice BV Nagaratna in Supreme Court condoned the delay and also issued notices to the Central Government, State of MP, the Commissioner, Backwards Commission, Bhopal, to file a reply.

The Central Government had introduced post-matric scholarship for postgraduation students in medical studies for OBC students and EWS category in 2014-15. The scheme was for the post-graduate medical course, which is of three years.

Dr Dinesh Chandra Patidar was from MP, an OBC category student, and he did his BDS from MP. After that, he got admission in Ambala, Haryana, in MDS course for a period of three years.