NEET PG 2020: Plea alleges whooping 3,373 vacated AIQ PG medical seats, SC notice to Centre

A bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice and listed the matter for further hearing on August 14.

The plea argued that it has been found that after the final list, there is a total of 3,373 AIQ seats which have been vacated after joining, under the NEET-PG 2020, and which are now being reverted to the respective state quota for counselling by the state government or the authority designated by the state government.

"Thus, because of the lapse of AIQ seats, candidates like the petitioners herein who were genuinely willing to avail the AIQ seats, are being deprived for the reason that the said vacant or lapsed AIQ seats are being passed on to the states and hence, they are unable to avail the same, despite the vacant AIQ seats", argued the plea.

The petitioner said this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown across the nation, the schedules of these PG exams have been altered causing the results of AIIMS, PGI-Chandigarh, and JIPMER-Pondicherry, to be announced after the counselling under the NEET-PG has been completed.

"Therefore, this has led to chaos among the candidates, who after realising that they have secured seats in AIIMS, PGI-Chandigarh, and JIPMER Pondicherry, have opted to leave their seats secured under the AIQ of the NEET-PG exams", said the plea. Therefore, many non-reporting/joining or vacant AIQ seats have been created which are now being transferred to state admission committees.

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