NEET MDS Counselling to Commence on August 20, MCC releases schedule
New Delhi: The painful wait of all the MDS candidates is going to be over as the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) has released the schedule for NEET MDS counselling.
The first round of counseling would be conducted from August 20 to August 28, the second round between September 6 and September 14. Then on September 18, the transfer of vacant seats to State Quota seats would be conducted. After another round of counseling from September 24 to October 5, the counseling on Stray vacancy round would be conducted from October 6 to October 10, 2021.
This comes after the top court had strictly instructed the Centre on Monday to confirm the counseling dates by August 11.
In the affidavit that was submitted on August 10, the Centre has informed the top Court that the counseling process would commence on August 20 and would be continued up to October 10, adds Live Law.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported the Union Health Ministry had requested the Supreme Court for allowing them four weeks time for holding the NEET MDS counseling virtually with the existing reservation policy. In fact, the Centre had also informed the top court that the counseling process was not delayed intentionally, but it was actually caused by the pending clarification from the Apex Court regarding OBC reservation in All India Quota seats surrendered by the State medical colleges.
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As per the latest media report by Live Law, on Monday, the top court had asked the Centre to inform the Court about the counseling dates for NEET MDS within August 11. Such a direction was given by the bench after clarifying that the delay in the counseling process was wrongly affecting the future of the students who have cleared the entrance exam last year and have been waiting for more than 8 months for the counseling process to commence.
Hindustan Times adds that on the eve of the hearing the MCC in a short affidavit had claimed that the delay was not intentional and it had to take the Centre's decision for providing 27% and 10% reservation to students from the other backward classes (OBC) and economically weaker sections (EWS) respectively in the All India Quota seats for UG and PG medical and dental courses.
"After the completion of discussion with all necessary stakeholders and the decision to provide reservation, the respondents have decided to conduct counseling from August 20 and will conclude on October 10, 2021as per the schedule annexed," the MCC affidavit stated as per Hindustan Times.
The doctors, having Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) degree had appeared in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-MDS conducted on December 16 last year by the National Board of Examination (NBE) for admission to the Master in Dental Surgery (MDS) course.
Around 30,000 BDS (dental) graduates appeared for the NEET-MDS conducted for admission to over 6,500 seats in the country. The results for admissions in PG courses for BDS candidates were also declared on the scheduled date, which is on December 31, 2020. However, after the declaration of the result, i.e., on 31.12.2020.
Seeking a direction upon the MCC for releasing the counseling dates at the earliest for the NEET MDS 2021 the plea filed through lawyer Tanvi Dubey, also sought a direction to the MCC to conduct separate counseling for the NEET-MDS 2021.
All the concerned candidates can view the online counseling schedule mentioned below:
| 1ST ROUND | |||||
| Sl. No. | Registration/Payment | Choice Filling/ Locking | Processing of Seat Allotment | Result | Reporting |
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1. |
20th August 2021 to 24th August 2021 (up to12:00 NOON) only as per Server Time
* Payment facility will be available up to11:55 PM of 24th August,2021as per Server Time |
21st August to 24th August 2021(up to 11:55 PM) as per Server Time Choice Locking from 03:00 PM to 11:55 PM on 24th August , 2021, as per Server Time |
25th August 2021 to 26th August 2021 |
27th August 2021 |
28th August 2021 to 01st September 2021 |
| (5-Days) | (4-Days) | (2-Days) | (1-Day) | (05-Days) | |
| 2ND ROUND | |||||
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2. |
Registration facility will be available from 06th September 2021 to 09th September, 2021upto12:00 NOON as per Server Time
* Payment facility will be available up to 11:55 PM of 09th September 2021, as per Server Time |
07th September to 10th September 2021(till 11:55 PM) as per Server Time Choice Locking from 03:00 PM to 11:55 PM on 10th September 2021, as per Server Time |
11th September 2021 to 12th September 2021 |
13th September 2021 |
14th September 2021 to 18th September 2021 |
| (4-Days) | (3-Days) | (2-Days) | (1-Day) | (05-Days) | |
| 3. | Transfer of Non Reporting & Non Joining /Vacant seats to State Quota (at 6:00 PM) 18th September 2021(Only 50% All India Quota) | ||||
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4. |
24th September 2021 to 27th September 2021(12:00 NOON as per Server Time)
* Payment facility will be up to 11:55 PM of 27th September 2021as per Server Time | 25th September 2021, to 27th September 2021 (till 11:55 PM) as per Server Time Choice Locking from 03:00 PM to 11:55 PM on 27th September 2021, as per Server Time |
28th September 2021 to 29th September 2021 |
30th September 2021 |
01st October 2021 to 05th October 2021 |
| (4-Days) | (3-Days) | (2-Day) | (1-Day) | (05-Days) | |
| 5. | Transfer of Non Reporting & Non Joining /Vacant seats to Deemed/Central Universities on 06th October 2021 | ||||
| 6. | Conduction of Stray Vacancy Round by Deemed/Central Universities from 06th October 2021 to 10th October 2021 | ||||
Note: For ensuring faithful obedience of time schedule and also keeping in view the limited time available for conducting counseling, all participating institutes/colleges are directed to treat all Saturdays/ Sundays and Gazetted Holidays as working days.
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