NEET counselling 2026: MCC opens seat resignation facility for round 1 freeze candidates

The announcement was made through a notice issued by MCC under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The facility is specifically meant for Freeze candidates who had earlier joined a Round 1 seat allotted through MCC counselling but now want to resign or withdraw from that seat.

According to the notice, candidates can resign their joined Round 1 seat from 2:00 PM on August 31 to 1:00 PM on September 2, 2026, without forfeiture of their security deposit.

For candidates reconsidering their Round 1 admission, the timeline is particularly important since the benefit of resignation without security deposit forfeiture is tied to completing the process within this prescribed window. 

Round 1 candidates who want to resign or withdraw from their seat are required to physically report to the institute where they were allotted and joined the seat. The resignation must then be processed through the allotted institution.

The candidates should take note of the following instructions w.r.t. resignation:

1 Round-1 candidates who want to resign/ withdraw from their seat will have to physically report at the allotted institute to resign.

2 The resignation given within the stipulated time mentioned above will be without Forfeiture of the security deposit.

3 Candidates are advised to ensure that their Resignation Letter/ Seat Withdrawal slip is generated online (through the portal provided by MCC) by the Nodal Officer of the admitted institute, failing which the resignation will be treated as ‘Null & Void’.

To view the notice, click the link below