MP HC halts NEET PG Counselling results

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently issued directions to the State Government not to declare the results of counselling for admission to medical postgraduate (PG) courses till the next hearing on November 28.

However, the State has been permitted by the Division Bench of the High Court to continue with the first round of counselling for Pre-PG medical till November 24 (midnight).

These directions were issued by the HC Division bench comprising Justices Sushrut Arvind Dhramadhikari and Anuradha Shukla while considering a plea that challenged the 'normalisation' process of marks undertaken a second time for the candidates registered for counselling. The petitioners also challenged the merit list issued by the State for the Madhya Pradesh State Registered Candidates for NEET PG Counselling (MD/MS Course) - 2024.

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In their plea, the candidates pointed out that NEET PG 2024 carried out 'normalisation' of the marks while preparing the merit list. Meanwhile, they highlighted that the State, while preparing the list of candidates registered from Madhya Pradesh for counselling, undertook the 'normalisation' process a second time, thereby reducing their ranking in the merit of the State despite their higher ranking in the NEET merit list, the Times of India has reported.

Free Press Journal has reported that the counsel for the petitioners, Aditya Sanghi, submitted before the HC that "All the candidates for the aforesaid examination being in-service category candidates have received equal 30% marks for serving in the rural areas. The choice filling and choice locking for the first round had already been commenced w.e.f. November 21 which will end on November 24 (12:00 Midnight). Thereafter the first round allotment result would be declared on November 26. Therefore, in view of the aforesaid anomaly in state merit list, candidates would be put at a great loss."

Therefore, claiming that the rules are not being followed in counselling, the counsel argued that the results of the first round should not be allowed to be declared until the disposal of the plea.

On the other hand, the State Government argued that it was the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), Delhi, which prepared the merit list. Subsequently, the procedure was completely followed in the making of the merit list in MP. Therefore, a stay on declaring results should not be granted, argued the State.

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