MP NEET PG Admissions 2026 Remain On Hold As High Court Refuses To Lift Stay Over 30% In-Service Quota Dispute, Next Hearing On November 17

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's principal bench in Jabalpur has maintained a stay on NEET PG (medical) admissions following a detailed hearing. A three-member division bench, consisting of Chief Justice Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain, deliberated on the plea from the Director of Medical Education (DME) for Bhopal. This plea sought a vacation or modification of the court's previous order related to the 30% quota reserved for in-service medical professionals.

Aditya Sanghi, a designated senior advocate representing the DME, argued that the high court had granted a stay on the ongoing admissions, suggesting this was a victory for open-category PG students in the state. The petition challenged the merit list created by the DME, which allotted the best seats in MD/MS courses not only within the 30% reserved for in-service professionals but also to them, despite more meritorious open-category candidates being left without seats.

The high court had mandated that in-service candidates should receive only 30% of PG seats, no more, with the open-category merit list remaining separate from the in-service category's. Notices were subsequently issued to both the state of Madhya Pradesh and the Director of Medical Education.