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A big update has come out regarding the counseling of NEET PG 2025. In fact, the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences has told the Supreme Court that after reducing the qualifying cut off, 95,913 additional candidates have become eligible for counselling. This information has been given only through an affidavit filed in the court. This matter has come to light during the hearing of petitions challenging the change in cut off.
95,913 more candidates are now eligible
According to the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences, there has been a major reduction in the eligibility percentage under the revised criteria. According to NBEMS, the qualifying percentile for unreserved category has been reduced from 50th to 7th. Whereas for unreserved disabled category it has been made 5th percentile. Apart from this, the percentage for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes has been reduced to zero. After this change, such candidates can also participate in the counseling process, whose marks are up to minus 40 out of 800. NBEMS told the court that due to reduction in the cut-off, there has been a huge increase in the number of eligible candidates and now 95,913 additional candidates will be able to participate in the counselling. The institute has also said that any kind of judicial intervention at this level will affect thousands of students who have become eligible under the new rules.
What decision did NBEMS take?
In its affidavit, NBEMS has clarified that the decision to reduce the cut off was not its decision. The board says that its role is limited only to conducting the examination in a fair and transparent manner, evaluating the answer sheets and handing over the results to the counseling authority. The board told the court that the decision to change the eligibility percentage comes under the jurisdiction of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Medical Commission. The Health Ministry had sent the revised percentile information to NBEMS for the third round of counseling on January 9. After this, on January 13, NBEMS released the revised results and handed them over to the Medical Counseling Committee.
Why is the hearing going on in the Supreme Court?
According to the report, after the earlier counseling round, more than 18,000 PG medical seats remained vacant across the country. In order to fill the seats, the eligibility criteria were relaxed so that more candidates can participate in the counselling. Some petitioners have challenged the decision to reduce the cut off. They argue that changing the eligibility rules after the results are declared is tantamount to changing the rules of the selection process midway and may be a violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court had earlier issued a notice to the Central Government, NBEMS, Medical Commission and concerned authorities on February 4. In its reply, NBEMS also cited the decision of the Delhi High Court, in which it has been said that reducing the percentile for counselling, does not mean that all the eligible candidates will automatically get admission. Final seat allotment is based on merit only. In such a situation, it is now believed that the decision of the Supreme Court will decide how legally sustainable is the change in qualifying percentile after the declaration of results and whether it affects the fairness of the national level entrance examination.
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