Karnataka NEET PG 2025 round 1 final result out; seat cancellation penalties up to Rs 18 lakh, full course fee
Anu Parthiban | November 30, 2025 | 01:22 PM IST | 3 mins read
KEA NEET PG 2025 final seat allotment out. Top rank holders mostly opted for MD General Medicine, Radiodiagnosis, and Dermatology courses. MS Orthopedics was chosen by just one in the top 20.
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The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has announced the final Karnataka NEET PG seat allotment 2025 for round 1. A total of 2,956 candidates with NEET PG All India Rank (AIR) from 7 to 137630 have been allotted clinical, para-clinical, or PD Diploma courses in government and private medical colleges in the state.
The KEA has announced the schedule of activities after the announcement of final allotment results. Four choices have been provided to the seat allotted candidates in the first round. They are required to select any one choice.
Candidates who fail to exercise any one out of four choices within the stipulated time and date will get their seat allotment cancelled and will not be allowed to participate in further rounds. Those who are not allotted seats in the first round need not exercise the choice entry facility as the entered options will be available for reordering in the subsequent rounds.
The KEA reiterated penalties for cancelling seat allotment after the set deadline for each round, which go up to Rs 18 lakh in round 3. As per the Karnataka NEET PG round 1 allotments 2025, top rank holders in the entrance exam mostly opted for MD General Medicine, MD Radiodiagnosis, and MD Dermatology courses. MS Orthopedics was chosen by just one in the top 20.
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Karnataka NEET PG 2025: Seat cancellation penalties
Candidates who cancel their allotment after fourth round or stray vacancy will have to pay Rs 18 lakh in addition to the full course fee as penalty. Such students will not be eligible to participate in further rounds of counselling, if any, and will be barred from Karnataka NEET PG counselling for three years.
The penalties set by the KEA for cancelling seat allotments in each round of state NEET PG counselling 2025 is given below.
Karnataka NEET PG rounds | Seat allotted in | Clinical / Pre-Para Clinical seat | Penalty | Eligibility to participate in further rounds |
Round 1 | Cancels the seat allotted in first round after admission | Clinical Seat | Rs 25,000 | Not Eligible |
Pre-Para Clinical Seat | Rs. 10,000 | Not Eligible | ||
Round 2 | Cancels the seat before the last date of joining allotted in second round | Clinical Seat | Rs 1,50,000 | Not Eligible |
Diploma Courses | Rs 60,000 | |||
Pre-Para Clinical Seat | Rs 10,000 | Not Eligible | ||
Round 3 | Cancels the seat after the last date of joining allotted in second round but one day before 3rd round (earlier mop-up) | Clinical Seat | Rs 7 lakh | Not Eligible |
Diploma Courses | Rs 3 lakh | Not Eligible | ||
Pre-Para Clinical | Rs 1,50,000 | Not Eligible | ||
Round 4 | Cancels the seat after 3rd round (Mop-up) seat allotment (before commencement of 4th (Stray Round)) | Clinical Seat | Rs 18 lakh + forfeiture of course fee paid | Not Eligible to participate in the further rounds of counselling |
Diploma Courses | Rs 6 lakh + forfeiture of course fee paid | — | ||
Pre-Clinical | Rs 1 lakh + forfeiture of course fee paid | Not eligible to participate in PG counselling for further three years | ||
Para-Clinical | Rs 2 lakh + forfeiture of course fee paid | Not eligible to participate in further rounds | ||
Para-Clinical Diploma | Rs 75,000 + forfeiture of course fee paid | — |
Karnataka NEET PG round 1 schedule
Candidates allotted seats in round 1 will be able to exercise their choices from November 29 to December 2. The facility to download challan from the official website for candidates who opted for choice 1, 2, 3 will be made available from December 1 to 3, as per the Karnataka NEET PG round 1 counselling schedule.
The last date to report at the allotted medical college is 6.30 pm on December 6.
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