MCC puts NEET UG 2025 choice-filling on hold; revised counselling schedule ‘shortly’

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has put the choice-filling and choice-locking process for the first round of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET UG) 2025 counselling on hold. MCC also notified that a revised schedule will be announced ‘shortly’ on the official website, mcc.nic.in. This would be the third revision in the counselling dates.

“The Choice-Filling & Choice Locking for Round-1 has been put on hold. The revised schedule will be announced shortly,” says the latest notification on MCC website. The reasons for withholding the NEET counselling process are unknown.

As per the recently revised NEET UG counselling schedule 2025, candidates were asked to fill choices and lock them by August 4. NEET UG round 1 seat allotment result 2025 was scheduled for August 6. The dates were extended to facilitate the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) who were yet to obtain their certificates from the designated centres, after they submitted requests.

Moreover, the counselling committee had also urged all the medical colleges under the All India Quota (AIQ), central universities, deemed universities, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), BSc nursing institutes participating in NEET UG counselling 2025 for MBBS, BDS, BSc Nursing courses to verify the correctness of the tentative vacancies in the MCC seat matrix 2025 . ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini withdrew nine BDS seats from different categories.

NEET UG 2025 counselling

Even before that, the NEET UG 2025 counselling schedule was extended. Initially supposed to end on July 28, the choice-filling window was opened till July 31 and the seat allotment was shifted to August 3 or 4.

MCC has announced admission guidelines with some changes this year. The committee is conducting NEET UG counselling for admissions to over 1.15 lakh MBBS, BDS seats in India.