The decision not to undertake further counseling was not arbitrary, according to the court; rather, it was made in the interests of medical education and public health.
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The Supreme Court denied a plea seeking a special round of counseling for unfilled seats in the NEET-PG All India Quota on Friday, June 10. The court dismissed the appeal, stating that 8–9 rounds of counseling had already been completed, and that the decision not to undertake new counseling was not arbitrary, but rather in the interests of medical education and public health.
According to Live Law, “When the Union of India and the Medical Council of India have decided not to conduct any special stray rounds of counseling, it cannot be termed arbitrary,” the bench of Justice MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose said, according to Live Law.
On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) notified the Supreme Court that it had completed four rounds of online counseling for NEET-PG-21 and that it would be unable to fill 1,456 seats by holding a special stray round of counseling due to the software’s closure.
The petitions were filed by doctors who took the NEET-PG 2021-22 exam and participated in Rounds 1 and 2 of the All India Quota (AIQ) Counseling and State Quota Counseling, which were followed by the All India Mop-Up and State Mop-Up Rounds, and finally concluded on May 7 by the Medical Counseling Committee following the All India Stray Vacancy Round..
