NEET Counselling 2024: MCC to conduct Special Stray Vacancy Round online to fill vacant seats
New Delhi- The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is going to conduct the National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Graduate (NEET UG) Special Stray Vacancy Round online as some seats are still lying vacant due to non-joining/non-reporting after the completion of the stray vacancy round of UG counselling 2024.
As per the notice in this regard, all the NEET UG eligible candidates who are registered with MCC with payment of fees are hereby informed that some seats are still lying vacant due to Non-Joining/Non-Reporting after the completion of Stray Vacancy Round of UG counselling 2024. Therefore, the competent authority has decided to conduct a Special Stray Vacancy Round for the vacant seats in an online mode so that the precious medical seats do not go to waste.
THE RULE POSITION FOR THE SPECIAL STRAY VACANCY ROUND IS AS UNDER
1 No Fresh Registration will take place in the Special Stray Vacancy Round. All pre-registered candidates who have completed Registration & Payment of fees earlier and are not holding any seat are eligible to participate. However, candidates will have to do Fresh Choice Filling for the Special Stray Vacancy Round. Any choices submitted earlier will be treated as ‘Null & Void’.
2 All AIQ Registered candidates irrespective of their category are required to pay a Refundable Security Deposit of Rs. 50,000 for participation in the Special Stray Vacancy Round for exercising choices for Govt. seats.
3 Candidates registered for Deemed Universities will have to pay the Refundable Security Deposit of Rs. 3,00,000 to exercise choices for Deemed University.
4 Refundable Security Deposit of candidates who do not join the seats allotted to them in the Special Stray Vacancy Round will be Forfeited and they will not be eligible to take the NEET UG exam for next year i.e 2025.
5 Candidates who will be allotted seats in the Special Stray Vacancy Round will have to report at the allotted Institute and join the seat with their original documents within the stipulated time mentioned in the schedule.
6 The list of candidates who have been allotted seats in the Special Stray Vacancy Round will be shared with state counselling authorities and such candidates will be debarred from taking admission in the Special Stray Vacancy Round of state counselling.
The Eligibility of candidates to participate in the Special Stray Vacancy Round is reiterated as under-
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE
1 Candidates previously registered on the MCC portal and have completed the payment of fees.
2 Candidates who are ‘Not Holding’ any seat in the previous rounds of NEET-UG Counselling, 2024 of All India Quota/State Quota/ Deemed University.
INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE
1 A candidate who has not completed the Registration process or has not paid the fees.
2 A candidate already allotted & joined a seat in AIQ/State Counselling/ Deemed University.
3 A candidate who had been allotted a seat by MCC in AIQ Round-3 & Stray Vacancy Round earlier but did not join the allotted seat.
To view the notice, click the link below
