'Candidates wasting seats will be debarred from counselling'- AFMS warns NEET PG candidates, check details

Written by sheeba farhat Published On 2025-03-08T11:58:56+05:30 | Updated On 8 March 2025 11:58 AM IST

New Delhi- "Any candidate who causes a lapse/ wastage of seat will be debarred from participating in counselling for admission in to AFMS Institutions in the upcoming years and be liable to face any action including legal from the competent authority"- the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) recently stated in a notice issued for Priority- III Candidates (Medical Officers Sponsored By Para Military Organizations And Other Govt Of India Organizations) for PG medical admissions this year at AFMS institutes 2024-27 academic year.

The institute said, "Candidature of Priority-III candidates who choice-fill/ select subjects for which they are not sponsored vide the Sponsorship Certificates forwarded to this office by their parent organization are liable to be summarily rejected."

In this regard please refer to para 19 & 23 (c) of the Information Bulletin for PG Courses (MD/MS/DNB/MDS) in AFMS Institutions through NEET PG 2024 & NEET MDS 2024’. The sections say:

19. A candidate shall not be eligible to take admission in AFMS Institutions if he/ she has ‘cancelled’/ ‘failed to report for admission within the stipulated time’/ ‘vacated a seat mid course in the past’, which has resulted in lapse/ wastage of a seat.

23 c) c) Priority-III candidates will be considered eligible for admission in AFMS Institutions only for those subjects, which are mentioned in their sponsorship certificate as forwarded by the respective sponsoring authority. In case a Priority-III candidate is allotted a seat during the counselling conducted by the MCC which is not mentioned in the Sponsorship Certificate forwarded by the sponsoring organization, admission in AFMS PG Teaching Institutes would not be granted and the candidate would be liable to suffer the consequences.

It is further reiterated that any candidate who causes a lapse/ wastage of seat will be debarred from participating in counselling for admission in to AFMS Institutions in the upcoming years and be liable to face any action including legal from the competent authority, the AFMS said.

To view the official Notice, Click here : https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/notice-for-priority-iii-candidates-for-md-ms-dnb-courses-through-neet-pg-exam-2024-in-afms-institutions-for-the-academic-session-2024-2027-277488.pdf

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