NEET PG 2019: Maha CET CELL releases Revised Merit List; Details

Maharashtra: The State Common Entrance Test Cell (Maha CET Cell) has Revised Merit List for NEET PG, NEET MDS 2019.

The merit lists have been published in pursuance to the directions by Honourable Supreme Court on the matter of merit vs Maratha quota in view of which the PG medical counselling in the state done through Rounds 1 and 2 of NEET PG and NEET MDS had been cancelled.

The Supreme Court, passing its verdict on the matter of merit vs Maratha quota; has upheld the Bombay High Court order ruling the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) quota inapplicable for this year's PG Medical Admissions.

The SC bench of honourable Justices Nageswara Rao and MR Shah felt that since the admission process had already begun last year the HC order was right.

"Section 16 (2) of the SEBC Act bars the grant of reservation if the process of entrance test had already started before the Act came into force. State counsel Mukul Rohatgi said that the students who had been given seats under the SEBC quota were allotted admissions also under the all India quota. They had left their allotments under the All India and come to Maharashtra hence they would stand to lose."

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for admissions from May 18 to May 25

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While this SC order has been a major blow to the Maharashtra government and SEBC quota candidates who had already taken admission on the basis of the Maratha quota while cancelling their seats that they had acquired via All India Quota counselling; the open category (meritorious) PG medical aspirants are clearly delighted.