Madhya Pradesh High Court canceled the counseling process of NEET PG 2024. The doctors had filed a petition due to irregularities in additional marks.
NEET PG 2024: A big decision has been taken by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The court has canceled the counseling process of NEET PG 2024. This decision has been taken due to irregularities in the additional marks to the medical officers. The division bench headed by Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has ordered the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to prepare a new state merit list.
This is the matter
The normalization process was adopted twice in the merit list prepared by the state government for NEET-PG 2024. Due to which the ranking of in-service candidates got disturbed. Many doctors filed a petition claiming that the medical officers serving in rural areas were not given the benefit of additional marks. Aditya Sanghi, the lawyer for the petitioners, argued that the new list was prepared in violation of the rules, putting the future of hundreds of candidates in danger.
High Court order
The High Court, while cancelling the merit list and counseling process, said that the list prepared without following the rules has violated the transparency in the selection process. The court ordered that all in-service doctors should be given full benefit of their additional marks in the new merit list. Only after that the counseling process should be started. Also, the High Court clarified that this decision has been taken only to ensure compliance with the rules.
Relief to affected doctors
This decision has brought relief to those doctors. Who had served in rural areas for three years and did not get the benefit of additional marks. This decision of the High Court is expected to bring transparency and improvement in the medical counseling process.
