Postpone NEET PG 2023: Aspirants submit fresh representation to NMC

New Delhi: While the Apex court bench is likely to hear the plea seeking postponement of NEET PG exam tomorrow, the protesting students recently met the officials of the National Medical Commission (NMC) and submitted a representation in this regard.

The aspirants met the NMC Officials along with Advocate Ravi Ponempalli in compliance with the recent order passed by the Telangana High Court.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that even though the Telangana High Court had denied to postpone the PG medical and dental entrance tests, it had allowed the aspirants to submit a fresh representation to the authorities.

While considering such a plea seeking postponing the NEET PG and NEET MDS exam, Telangana HC had observed that the dates of the exams had been finalised around six months ago. Pointing out that these exams are conducted on an all India basis, the court opined that the postponement of the exams may not be feasible.

However, the bench allowed the petitioners to approach the authorities and submit a representation seeking postponement of the exam within one week. Authorities, on the other hand, had been directed by the court to decide such representations expeditiously. In this context, the HC bench has also clarified that it has not expressed anything on the merits of the case.

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As per the latest media report by India.com, complying with the directions issued by the Telangana HC bench, now the protesting students along with Advocate Ravi Ponempalli met the NMC officials and submitted a representation with a prayer to postpone the exam, scheduled for March 5, 2023.

Meanwhile, another case has been filed before the Supreme Court bench seeking postponement of NEET PG exam. The matter is likely to be heard on Friday. 

Referring to this, the National Chairman of FAIMA, Dr Rohan Krishnan mentioned in a recent Tweet, "CJI had allowed NEET PG case this week. All documentary formalities are done. It will come in the supplementary case list tomorrow. case will be on Friday. Also it’s obvious that if @NMC_IND & @MoHFW_INDIA issues notice for Postponement v shall withdraw all cases."

The NEET PG aspirants have been demanding to defer the exam while referring to the fact that there is a gap of around five months between the date of the exam and the date of internship completion. Pointing out that that NEET PG counselling cannot start before the completion of MBBS internship in August, the aspirants have time and again urged the Union Health Minister and other authorities to postpone the exam. In this regard, FAIMA had also written to the Union Health Minister and other authorities.

However, despite several requests from the aspirants for postponing NEET PG exam, the authorities have not agreed to their demands. Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that recently the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had clarified in the Parliament that NEET PG 2023 examination would be conducted on the scheduled date i.e. March 05, 2023.

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