MCC NEET PG counselling 2024 special stray vacancy round registrations start tomorrow

NEW DELHI: After reduction of the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET PG) cut-off 2024, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced a special stray vacancy round for newly eligible candidates. As per the schedule, the registration for the MCC NEET PG counselling 2024 will commence from March 6, 2025. Students will be able to apply online on the official website, mcc.nic.in.

Along with the counselling schedule, the MCC has also announced the eligibility criteria for the special round of NEET PG 2024 counselling.

In view of some seats lying vacant due to non-joining or non-reporting by candidates after the completion of the stray vacancy round, the competent authority decided to reduce the NEET PG cut-off percentile 2024 to 5th percentile and to conduct a special round.

NEET PG Counselling 2024: Eligibility for special stray vacancy round

• Candidates who are ‘Not Holding/joined’ any seat in the previous rounds of NEET PG counselling 2024 of All India Quota/state quota/deemed university.
• Candidates having a percentile score of 5% and above (for all categories).
• A candidate already allotted and joined a seat in AIQ/state counselling/deemed university is not eligible.
• A candidate who had been allotted a seat by MCC in AIQ round 3 and stray vacancy round earlier but did not join the allotted seat is not eligible for this round.

Candidates will be required to fill fresh choices for the special round of counselling. The MCC issued the following instructions for candidates:

• All AIQ registered candidates irrespective of their category are required to pay a refundable security deposit of Rs 50,000 to participate in the special stray vacancy round for exercising choices for government seats.
• Candidates registered for deemed universities will have to pay the refundable security deposit of Rs 3,00,000 to exercise choices.
• Refundable security deposit of candidates who do not join the seats allotted to them in special stray vacancy round will be forfeited and they will not be eligible to take NEET PG exam for next year.
• Candidates who will be allotted seats in special stray vacancy round will have to report at the allotted institute and join the seat with their original documents within stipulated time mentioned in the schedule.
• The list of candidates who have been allotted seats in AIQ special stray vacancy round will be shared with state counselling authorities and such candidates will be debarred from taking admission in special stray vacancy round of state counselling.
• Candidates participating in special stray vacancy round will have to furnish an undertaking with respect to allotment of seats at the time of choice-filling on MCC portal.

MCC NEET PG 2024 Counselling: Special stray vacancy round schedule

The detailed schedule for MCC NEET PG special stray vacancy round counselling 2024 is given below.