NEET PG 2021: 70% CMC Vellore PG seats to be filled from merit list by TN Govt, says SC

Supreme Court has said that 70% of CMC Vellore PG seats are to be filled from the list of Christian minority students prepared by the Tamil Nadu government on the basis of NEET PG 2021.

The apex court has said that the 70% of the seats in the PG courses at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, for the academic session 2021-22 will be filled from the list of Christian minority students prepared by the Tamil Nadu government on the basis of marks obtained in the NEET PG 2021 examination.

The remaining 30% of seats would be filled by the management of CMC as per the procedure followed in the previous academic year.

The SC bench said this while hearing an interlocutory application filed in a writ petition by CMC seeking the quashing of the Selection Committee's letter whereby the State of Tamil Nadu sought to impose the state policy of reserving 50% of seats ("state quota") in its favour in the undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs.

"We make it clear that this order is only restrictive for admission in 2021-2022 and shall not be treated as precedent," said the bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai, as reported by Live Law.

The Supreme Court bench said, "After examining the submissions made on both sides, we are of the considered view that for the Academic Year 2021-2022, students belonging to Christian minority shall be allotted to all PG seats in the petitioner-college by the 2nd Respondent from the NEET merit list."

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