Vacant NEET SS Seats: SC Tells Centre to decide in 3 Months Ensuring Smooth Admissions Next Year
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi: Taking note of the vacancies for the NEET Super Specialty (NEET-SS) courses, the Supreme Court recently directed the Central Government to hold a meeting with the stakeholders of all the States/UTs and private medical colleges to fill up the vacancies for the upcoming academic year.
The Apex Court bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan has directed the Central Government to resolve the issue within 3 months.
These directions were issued by the top court bench while considering a batch of petitions filed by successful candidates who had abandoned such courses.
"We therefore direct the Union of India to hold a meeting with all stakeholders including representatives of all States/Union Territories and private medical colleges to consider the report of the Expert Committee," the top court bench held.
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"We would appreciate the Union of India taking a decision on this issue within a period of three months to ensure that there are no complications in the admission process for the next academic session," the bench was quoted noting by Live Law.
The matter will now be heard by the Supreme Court in April this year.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that during the hearing of the matter, the top court bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan had observed that the medical seats "cannot go vacant".
It had directed the Central Government to hold a meeting with the stakeholders and consider the recommendations given by the Apex Committee in this regard.
This Committee was constituted by the Union Government when last year the Supreme Court had highlighted the importance of filling the super-specialty medical seats. Back then, while lamenting over the vacant super specialty seats, the Apex Court bench had ordered, "The present petition depicts a very sorry picture that 1,003 precious super specialty seats are going to waste, inasmuch as nobody could be admitted on the said seats. On the one hand, we find that there is always a shortage of super specialty doctors and on the other hand these precious seats remain unfilled."
Consequently, the Centre set up a committee consisting of all the stakeholders including representatives of states and private medical colleges, under the chairmanship of the Director General of Health Services to find a solution for such a problem.
