TN students who are allotted seats in all India counselling can't take part in state counselling, DGHS says

Pushpa Narayan| TNN | Updated: Aug 13, 2017, 08:24 PM IST


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CHENNAI: Students who have been allotted seats in round two of NEET-based counselling conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi, for MBBS and BDS admissions to all India quota seats in government colleges and deemed universities can't attend any other counselling including those organised by states, said director general of health services Jagdish Prasad here on Sunday.

The directorate had warned medical aspirants to make a "calculated decision" before locking their options or opting for the second round of counselling as the Supreme Court judgment in the Dar-ul-Islam case has said allotment will disentitle a candidate from other counselling processes.

"We have published names of students who have been allotted seats in the final round. Copies are available to all state governments. They will have to remove the names of these students from the list of eligible candidates," he said.

Copies of the SC judgment has been uploaded on the DGHS website (http://www.mcc.nic.in/).

Most parents complained that students in Tamil Nadu were in no position to take any calculated decisions as the state government is yet to release the rank list.

Officials in the state selection committee, which is in-charge of medical admissions in the state, said the rule can't be implemented.

Director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe said, "We have not published any such thing as eligibility in our prospectus. Also, we have not received any intimation from DGHS."

The selection committee has prepared two rank lists - one based on NEET and other based on Class XII marks. Names of more than 500 students from other states figure in NEET-based rank list.

"We haven't removed any of their names yet," he said.

Senior health officials also argued that if the state gets itself one year exemption from NEET, then the SC order will not be applicable for the state counselling, which will be based on Class 12 marks.