Cuttack, Jan. 11: Students of Sardar Rajas Medical College at Jaring in Kalahandi district are set for fresh relocation with the Supreme Court saying that adjusting them in government medical colleges is "likely to cause immense disturbance".

The special leave petition challenging the Orissa High Court order on relocation of the students is scheduled for final hearing in the Supreme Court tomorrow.

However, the apex court, in an interim order, has observed: "We are, prima facie, of the view that the 124 students, who were prosecuting their studies in Sardar Rajas Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, should be adjusted in three recognised medical colleges, namely the Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, KIMS and the IMS & Sum Hospital. We are inclined to think so as that would avoid all kinds of confusion."

After the Medical Council of India refused to grant recognition to the institution for 2015-16 citing substantial deficiencies, all the 124 students of Rajas were admitted to five colleges - two of them government (109) and three private (15) - following intervention by the high court.

The process was completed on December 23 last year.

"As advised at present, we are of the view that the approach may not be correct as the students were studying in a private college having obtained permission from the Medical Council of India. A norm has to be followed. At this juncture, to entertain the stand of those students, that they can enter government colleges, would likely to cause immense disturbance. It is obligatory on part of the state government to see that the said 124 students are allocated to the three private colleges," Supreme Court division bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said in its January 8 interim order, a copy of which is in possession of The Telegraph.

The interim order had further imposed restrictions on the attendance of classes by the Rajas students, who were admitted to MKCG Medical College in Berhampur and Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research in Burla.

On January 4, the high court had directed the state government to ensure that the students transferred from Rajas were able to "make-up the time lost". The court expected the state government to ensure that these students were able to attend classes from January 6.

The Supreme Court has also directed the high court "not to proceed with the matter". The Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust had set up the Sardar Rajas Medical College in the public-private partnership mode through the Western Odisha Development Council. The state government had also provided land free of cost as well as substantial money for it.