PIL in Madras HC demanding to increase NEET PG 2021 Exam Centres
Chennai: Attempting to address the problems of the Tamil Nadu NEET-PG candidates, who are being forced to choose the examination centers outside the State, a Villupuram-based advocate has filed a Public Interest Litigation at the Madras High Court requesting to increase the number of NEET-PG examination centers in the State.
Through the PIL, advocate Veerapillai Ramesh has contended before the Madras HC that among the 255 total NEET-PG centers around the country, only 28 are situated in the State. This has led to a situation where the natives of Tamil Nadu are being forced to choose centers outside the State.
An HC division bench comprising of Justice R Subbiah and Justice Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup has given directions to the Union Government and the National Board of Examination (NBE) to file their reply within March 8, i.e. the next date of hearing.
As per the latest media report by The Hindu, the petitioner Ramesh had pointed out before the HC that the NEET-PG examination, conducted by NBE, is a computer-based examination. The timeline for accepting the online applications for the test has been from February 23 to March 15.
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