FOR 1.2LAKH SEATS ON OFFER, 4- ROUND NEET-UG COUNSELLING FROM AUG 14

FOR 1.2LAKH SEATS ON OFFER, 4- ROUND NEET-UG COUNSELLING FROM AUG 14

NEET counselling for allocating medical seats will be conducted in four rounds, starting Aug 14.

As per the notification issued by the medical counselling committee constituted under health ministry, the first round of all allotment of seats will be carried out between Aug 14 and Aug 31,, second round from Sept 4 to 22, third? from Sept 25 to Oct 15 and fourth from Oct 16 to 30.

There are approximately 1.2 lakh undergraduate medical seats at government and private medical colleges across country. This year, over 23 lakh students appeared for NEET-UG ??exam that was held on May 5.

The results of the exam were declared on June 4, but the counselling process couldn’t be starts sooner due to controversy over an alleged paper leak. The matter reached SC with some petitioners demanding a re-test. SC, however dismissed the pleas for re-testing, starting “at this stage court has independently scrutinized the data placed on record by NTA. At the present stage, there is absence of material on record to lead to conclusion that the result of the exam is vitiated or that there is a systemic breach of the sanctity of the exam.”

“ ordering cancellation of NEET-UG examination will not be justified on application of settled test, framed earlier by SC, based on material on record,” said CJI D Y Chandrachud.