Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 special stray round choice filling begins tomorrow; 138 MBBS, BDS seats vacant
Suviral Shukla | November 4, 2026 | 08:20 PM IST | 2 mins read
The Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 stray vacancy round choice filling window will be active from November 5 to 7 up to 12 noon.
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Download EBookThe Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has announced the Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 counselling schedule for special stray vacancy round for admission to MBBS and BDS programmes. Candidates can fill the choices of colleges and programmes from November 5 through the official website at mahacet.org.
The Maharashtra state cell will fill a total of 138 vacant MBBS and BDS seats at various government, municipal corporation, government-aided, private unaided and minority medical colleges across the state.
The Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 stray vacancy round choice filling window will be active until November 7 up to 12 noon, and the seat allotment results will be declared on November 8.
A total of 138 MBBS and BDS seats remain vacant after the completion of Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 three rounds of centralised admission process and three online stray vacancy rounds .
Of the total, 84 seats are available in MBBS course, while 54 seats remain vacant in BDS programmes.
Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 special stray vacancy round details
According to the official notification, there are a total of 84 MBBS seats remaining, including 39 in private medical colleges and 45 seats in private medical colleges.
For BDS courses, two seats remain vacant in government medical colleges, while 22 seats are available in private medical colleges and 30 seats in private medical universities, the notice read.
As per the eligibility, those who have qualified NEET UG 2026, registered for the state admission process and have not been allotted a seat in any previous admission round under Group A courses are eligible to participate in the special stray vacancy round.
While, those who have been allotted medical seats through All India Quota through online stray vacancy round, including the special round, are not eligible to apply.
Furthermore, those who will be allotted seats, must report physically to their respective colleges with original documents and a demand draft (DD) for the prescribed admission fee.
In addition, the schedule for Maharashtra NEET UG 2026 round 2 and 3 special stray vacancy will be announced soon.
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