NEET SS 2021: SC dismisses plea seeking transfer of 92 in-service quota seats of TN to AIQ

The apex court has dismissed the writ petition seeking to declare the 92 in-service quota NEET SS 2021 seats surrendered by Tamil Nadu as newly added seats in AIQ.

Today, the Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking to announce the 92 in-service quota NEET SS 2021 seats surrendered by Tamil Nadu as newly added seats in AIQ.

While dismissing the plea, the court also referred to the order passed on May 9 which allowed mop-up round for all the vacant super-speciality seats, and said no further direction can be passed.

The bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia said it cannot entertain the new petition only because the petitioner was not party to the previous petition, as reported by Live Law.

"By permitting to conduct mop-up round, the court had directed for conducting mop-up round subject to the condition that any doctor who had joined seats earlier will not be allowed to join. Thus in light of this, we have no hesitation to hold that petitioner is not entitled to seek such prayer in this direction. In short, such WP must fail," said the bench.

Plea Details

The writ petition was filed by the candidates who joined/reserved their seats in the Round 1 and Round 2 of counselling and were holding better merit/ranking in the NEET SS All India examination but due to the paucity of seats available in the prestigious government institute of Tamil Nadu in the Round 1 and Round 2 of AlQ counselling they had to join the SS courses in government colleges of other states as well as the DNB courses which are considered below par in comparison to DM/MC from renowned colleges of Tamil Nadu.

Under such constraints, the petitioners had no option but to accept Medical Counselling Committee's offer to join SS courses allotted in the Round 1 and Round 2 of counselling.

"Now it is reported that about 63 seats of surrendered seats of in-service quota have been filled through alleged mop-up round already held by the MCC. Thus, 29 seats of surrendered seats of the in-service quota of the state of Tamil Nadu are remaining unfilled. Moreover, the alleged mop-up round held for 92 seats of surrendered in-service quota was conducted disregarding the order dated 09.05.2022. wherein certain candidates of AlQ already holding seats in the Ist and 2nd round of counselling were allowed to participate and were granted up-gradation," stated the plea.

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