Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Supreme Court Seeks Replies Over MP Medical Scholarship Dispute
Dr Dinesh Chandra Patidar studied for a medical degree in Haryana.
His college fee was ₹7 lakh each year.
He said he was entitled to help from a government scholarship.
Instead, he received ₹84,000 for two years.
He and his lawyer argued that the government should pay the full ₹21 lakh course fee.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court had earlier rejected his case.
The Supreme Court has now asked government authorities to respond.
The court has not yet given a final decision.
The Supreme Court issued notices over non-disbursal of a post-matric scholarship to an OBC medical student from Madhya Pradesh.
Dr Dinesh Chandra Patidar paid ₹7 lakh annually for a three-year MDS course in Haryana.
He received ₹42,000 per year, totaling ₹84,000 over two years, according to the report.
Patidar’s petition challenging the scholarship payment was dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
His lawyer argued that the Madhya Pradesh government should reimburse the full ₹21 lakh fee; the government’s response is pending.
- Who
- Dr Dinesh Chandra Patidar, an OBC student from Madhya Pradesh, and government authorities responsible for the scholarship.
- What
- The Supreme Court issued notices over an alleged shortfall in post-matric scholarship payments for Patidar’s MDS course.
- When
- The scholarship scheme was introduced for postgraduate medical studies in 2014-15; the article does not specify the date of the Supreme Court notice.
- Where
- The case concerns Madhya Pradesh and an MDS course undertaken in Ambala, Haryana.
- Why
- Patidar challenged receiving ₹84,000 instead of the ₹21 lakh reimbursement his lawyer says was due.
Student’s Claim
Government Response Pending
Amount of reimbursement
Student’s Claim
Patidar’s senior advocate, Aditya Sanghi, argued that the Madhya Pradesh government should reimburse the full ₹21 lakh fee and had no right to deduct any amount.
Government Response Pending
The government authorities have been asked to file replies, but their position is not reported in the article.
Scholarship payment
Student’s Claim
Patidar challenged receiving only ₹84,000 over two years despite paying ₹7 lakh annually for the course.
Government Response Pending
The Commissioner of the Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department and other authorities must respond to the allegations; no final determination has been made.
- Course
- Three-year MDS postgraduate medical course
- Annual college fee
- ₹7 lakh
- Claimed total reimbursement
- ₹21 lakh
- Scholarship received
- ₹84,000 over two years
- Annual amount received
- ₹42,000
- Scholarship scheme
- Post-matric scholarship for OBC and EWS postgraduate medical students, introduced in 2014-15
- Earlier court outcome
- The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed Patidar’s writ petition