MP High Court Directs DME To Cap In-Service NEET PG Seats At 30%, Bars Mixing Open Category And In-Service Merit Lists
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In the backdrop of ongoing NEET PG counselling, the principal bench of Madhya Pradesh in Jabalpur on Monday directed that in-service category students be allotted only 30% of PG seats, not exceeding 30%, and that the merit list of open category cannot be intermingled with in-service category candidates. Notices were also issued to the state of MP and the Director of…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has instructed the Director of Medical Education (DME) to allot only 30% of postgraduate seats to in-service category students, with a strict cap of 30% in each specialisation. The court also ruled that the merit list of open category candidates should not be mixed with the merit list of in-service candidates.
Notices were issued to the state of Madhya Pradesh and DME to file their replies by November 5, with an expected final hearing. The current pre-graduation counselling round is ongoing in Madhya Pradesh, with final allotments and admissions expected to be completed by November 10, 2026. The court's decision was issued by Chief Justice Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain, after hearing arguments from senior advocate Aditya Sanghi, who represented open category students challenging the mixed merit list prepared by the DME.
Sanghi argued that the overlapping merit lists disadvantaged open-category students by preventing them from securing seats based on merit alone.
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