Gaya Ayurved Medical College crying for sanjeevani

gaya: notwithstanding the bihar government's "commitment" to promote the indigenous system of medicine and the finding of the central council of indigenous medicine, the three-decade-old gaya ayurved medical college is faced with a slow but certain death as the ambivalent attitude of the authorities has come in the way of admissions and for three consecutive academic sessions, students have not been enrolled.whereas the magadh division commissioner hemchand sirohi, chairman of the college governing body (ex-officio) attributed the non-enrolment of the students to a ban imposed by the state government on admissions to non-government ayurved colleges of the state, the college teachers and employees maintain that at least two high court orders go in their favour and permit students' enrolment. on account of the ongoing war of attrition between the college employees and the management, a big question mark arises over the institution which boasts of having a 180-bed hospital and 73 employees of three different categories on its pay rolls. the employees refer to the order passed by justice shiva kirti singh of the patna high court in cwjc nos 3729/98, 9406/98 and 5487/96. the three different writ petitions concerning the ayurved medical colleges of the state were disposed off through a common order passed on august 22, 2000. even after the elapse of one year, the issue continues to be tossed between the bihar government, central council of indigenous medicine and the governing bodies of the non-government ayurved colleges of the state. this is not the first time that a ban on gaya ayurved college admission has been imposed. earlier in the year 1997, sm raju, the then deputy development commissioner-cum-secretary of the ayurved medical college governing body stopped the admission process. when dr ram dutt mishra and other employees of the college moved the patna high court against the order of the secretary, justice bn agrawal granted a stay to the order for the stoppage of admission, thereby paving the way for admissions. that order holds good and as such the non admission of students for the 30 approved sects for the bachelor in ayurved medicine course can be construed as a contempt of court and the employees are planning once again to move the court on this point. while attributing the ban on admission to the state government order, the magadh division commissioner-cum-chairman of the college governing body told this correspondent that no cause has been given in the government order in this context. sirohi said that he has already discussed the issue with the concerned officials on nearly half a dozen occasions in the recent past and hoped that solution would, ultimately be found. the relevant orders of the patna high court have not been brought to his notice, he said on sunday. whereas, other non-government ayurved medical colleges in siwan, motihari, chapra and muzaffarpur continue to admit students, it is the gaya ayurved medial college treatment which has been singled out for discriminatory treatment, say teacher of the college. can this ayurved college find some sanjeevani (life-saving herb) for itself. this is the million dollar questions.