Seat Blocking: MCC issues warning for NEET PG Counselling candidates

New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued a warning for NEET PG 2021 counselling candidates with respect to the menace of seat blocking.

It has come to notice of MCC, DGHS that some candidates are deliberately trying to block the seats by opting for the seats and not joining the allotted seats, the MCC said in the notification published on its official website.

MCC, DGHS is actively tracking / monitoring such candidates and colleges. Hence, for all Candidates participating in the Online Counselling for NEET PG 2021 are hereby warned by the MCC that If at any level of the counselling, it is found that seat blocking is done deliberately, with malicious intent, such candidates will be dealt accordingly.

Recently, the MCC had issued a notice for candidates who exited with Forfeiture of Security Deposit in Round-2 and now want to participate in Mop Up Round of PG Counselling 2021. Such candidates need not register again but they are required to make the requisite payment and proceed further, the MCC notification had read.

The counselling body had earlier clarified on the resignation process for candidates. It had issued a clarification that no resignations are allowed once the candidate is a part of round 2 of NEET and NEET PG Counselling for this academic year's medical admissions. The timeline that has been published by MCC on official website of resignation of Round seats as on intramcc portal was as follows:

UG Course: 04:00 PM of 15th February 2022

PG Course: 04:00 P.M of 3rd February, 2022

However, it is re-iterated to all the participating candidates that as per the directions mentioned in the matter of Dar-u-slam Educational trust & ors. vs. MCI & ors. (W.P. no. 267 of 2017) & Snigda Leo vs. MCC & ORs (W.P.no. 820 of 2021) no resignation are allowed once the candidate is a part of round 2 of Counselling conducted by MCC, said the counselling body. The Colleges taking resignation offline are advised to abstain from doing so as such vacant seats allowing through offline resignation will not be included in further rounds of Counselling, the MCC notice read.

To view the official notice click on the following link:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/notice-regarding-blocking-of-seats-171787.pdf