SC Gives Green Signal to NEET PG Counselling, EWS, OBC Quota to Stay Put
Public Lokpal
January 07, 2022
SC Gives Green Signal to NEET PG Counselling, EWS, OBC Quota to Stay Put
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has given a green signal for the NEET counselling process. The counselling to be held this year will have the newly introduced quota of OBC and EWS in the All India Quota. The SC, however, said, it it would revisit the rationale of keeping Rs 8 lakh as limit for availaing of EWs quota in March.
While the government had suggested that Rs 8 lakh limit should be kept to avail of the EWS quota, doctors’ body FORDA claims that having newer reservations in an already delayed process will defer it further.
The SC took the final call on the reservation, now it is likely that the counselling process will begin today. While reserving its verdict, the SC said on January 5, “NEET PG counselling has to begin in the national interest." This came as a great relief for doctors who are anticipating that counselling sessions will begin immediately. Soon after the verdict, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will begin the counselling process.
A section of NEET PG candidates had challenged the implementation of EWS and OBC reservation in AIQ. As many as 50 per cent of seats in postgraduate courses and 15 per cent in undergraduate courses are disseminated under All India Quota and the central government had introduced 10 per cent reservation for EWS and 27 per cent for OBC under AIQ. Petitioners had also challenged keeping Rs 8 lakh as income limit to avail of the EWS quota.
