The Janakpur-based college, deemed as “the worst medical school in the country”, has been found to be admitting students, assuring that they would sort the problem. The college administration has said it has admitted 11 students, while the IoM and the NMC have reduced its enrolment quota to zero.

The IoM faculty board on September 10 decided to bar the JMC from admitting students citing that it lacked infrastructure and faculties adequate for enrolling MBBS students. In 2012, the NMC had scrapped 25 of the 100 MBBS seats.

The JMC had challenged the decision at the Patan Appellate Court in the third week of September. The court on December 17 quashed the case and approved the decision of the IoM and the NMC.

College staff say they are in the process of settling the problem as a new management team has taken charge.

They are reported to be assuring students that there will be no hassles during the admission and the licence examination later. They argue that since the new team is led by former Education Secretary Ram Sworup Sinha, the NMC and the IoM will revoke the decision.

Sinha was appointed the managing director of the college on December 16. “A number of students are prepared to be admitted once we get approval from the NMC and the IoM,” Sinha told the Post.

Investigations by the NMC and the IoM six months ago showed that the JMC did not have the required number of professors and teachers while the hospital lacked adequate facilities. It received almost no patients at all but fake patients were shown to inspection teams. The college hired ‘standing faculties’ humorously called as ‘khade babas’ from India, during supervision.

According to multiple sources in Tribhuvan University, the IoM has already sought clarification from the JMC administration regarding its defiant move. The IoM is said to be preparing for final clarification after the college defied the court’s verdict and the NMC decision. The JMC on Saturday and Sunday issued a public notice about admission in MBBS, BDS and other medical courses.

In response, the NMC and the IoM issued separate notices stating that the admission call breaches the regulation. “We have been asking people that Janaki cannot enrol students. Every student enrolled in TU-affiliated colleges is put on an online database,” said IoM Dean Dr Rakesh Shriwastav. “If people are still adamant, IoM won’t bear its consequences.”

According to highly placed sources at TU, senior government officials and politicians in the region are lobbying to save the college. JMC promoters are said to be in the Capital to consult about challenging the Patan Appellate Court decision in the Supreme Court.