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The plea said erstwhile the authorities circular 2 counselling opened, they had an enactment to take betwixt the champion enactment and permission the AIQ spot if they were getting a amended spot successful the authorities circular of counselling. (Express image/ file)
The Supreme Court connected Friday dismissed a plea seeking directions to cancel the each India quota (AIQ) circular 3 of NEET-PG 2024 counselling and to behaviour it afresh. A seat of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran passed the bid aft the counsel appearing for the National Medical Commission (NMC) said immoderate specified absorption would person a cascading effect successful each the states.
“In lawsuit thing has to beryllium done now, it volition person a cascading effect successful each the states due to the fact that students person already taken portion successful the counselling,” said the counsel. He said determination was a clip scheduled for post-graduate (PG) admission.
While dismissing the petition, the seat observed if it would entertain the plea filed by the 3 petitioners, “we volition person different 30 here”.
On February 4, the apex tribunal sought responses from the Centre, the NMC and others connected the plea.
The petitioners, who are eligible for NEET-PG 2024 counselling, said circular 3 of AIQ counselling for NEET-PG started earlier circular 2 of authorities counselling was concluded successful definite states.
The plea, drawn by advocator Tanvi Dubey, said petitioners were aggrieved by the clash successful the counselling docket for AIQ and authorities quota.
It said respective candidates from the authorities quota who were different ineligible to registry for AIQ circular 3, got a accidental to registry and artifact a spot successful AIQ circular 3.
The plea said erstwhile the authorities circular 2 counselling opened, they had an enactment to take betwixt the champion enactment and permission the AIQ spot if they were getting a amended spot successful the authorities circular of counselling.
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“This created a sedate prejudice to the petitioners and likewise placed candidates since they were deprived of the seats which were blocked by the candidates from the states whose circular 2 did not commence earlier,” the plea said.
It said the seats blocked by them were not disposable to the different candidates including the petitioners.
“If the AIQ circular 3 would person been conducted aft the authorities circular 2 counselling for each states was concluded, a radical of candidates would not person gotten an undue vantage of blocking a spot successful AIQ circular 3 and leaving it aboriginal portion participating successful authorities circular 2,” it said.
The plea claimed the aesculapian counselling committee conducting the AIQ circular 3 counselling earlier the authorities circular 2 was concluded led to blocking of seats by candidates from Madhya Pradesh wherever circular 2 of the authorities counselling had not concluded by then.
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It said blocking of seats led to a concern successful which galore meritorious eligible candidates extremity up losing the seat.
The plea alleged the enactment of respondents was inconsistent with the docket of NEET-PG counselling laid down by the apex court.
It said each the different states but Madhya Pradesh were done with circular 2 counselling earlier the effect of AIQ circular 3 counselling.
The plea sought directions to the aesculapian counselling committee to cancel the AIQ circular 3 of NEET-PG 2024 counselling and to behaviour it afresh successful presumption of the anomalies successful the counselling process.
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Alternatively, the plea sought directions to behaviour a 4th circular of counselling for the near implicit seats which were blocked by candidates from states wherever circular 2 of authorities counselling was not concluded, and to supply an enactment to candidates who were eligible for AIQ circular 3 to registry for stray circular of NEET-PG 2024 counselling.
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