Khushi Doshi
Published on: March 31, 2022 at 18:29 IST
Taking note of Doctors who were allotted seats in the first two rounds of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) All India Quota counselling who claimed they were denied the chance to partake in the Counselling for 146 additional seats.
They were not made accessible during the initial rounds but were introduced to the pool only during the next mop-up round and were being allotted to those with lower merit than them, the Supreme Court asked the Director General of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to Investigate.
“The Union Government has stated on Affidavit that on February 25, 2022, and March 15, 2022, the Directorate General of Health Services received letters regarding the inclusion of new seats in some Government medical colleges, as a result of which 146 new seats became available for Allocation in the mop-up round,” said a Bench presided over by Justice D Y Chandrachud.
As a result, students who were assigned seats in round I or round 2 were unable to engage in the counselling for these seats. The 146 new seats were decided to be included in the mop-up round.
The Supreme Court also urged the Directorate General of Health Services to Investigate concerns about a March 16 Notice issued by the Medical Counselling Committee that prevented applicants who had been allocated seats in rounds I and 2 of the State Quotas from participating in the All-India Quota Seats mop-up round.
The Bench rescheduled the case for Thursday, saying, “Before this court eventually resolves upon the issue, an opportunity should be offered to the Union of India through the Directorate General of Health Services to correct the inconsistencies and answer to the court at the earliest…”
