NEET PG Counselling 2022: MCC releases rules, eligibility for special stray vacancy round
Vagisha Kaushik | January 3, 2023 | 03:50 PM IST | 2 mins read
Candidates will have to pay Rs 50,000 refundable deposit for the special round and those who don’t join the seats will be debarred from NEET PG 2023.
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Download nowNEW DELHI : The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has notified the special stray vacany round of the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2022 counselling. MCC informed that a special stray vacancy round of counselling is being conducted to fill 2,244 PG seats and 62 MDS seats which remained vacant after the last round of NEET PG counselling 2022.
MCC has also listed down rules and eligibility to participate in the extra round of counselling according to which candidates will have to pay a refundable security deposit of Rs 50,000 to participate in the counselling. In addition to this, candidates who do not join seats allotted to them in the special round will be debarred from appearing in NEET PG 2023 exam.
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“Hence, in larger interest of candidates, the competent authority has decided to conduct a special stray vacancy round for the vacant 2,244 PG (MD, MS, Diploma, PG DNB) and 62 MDS seats in an online mode as per the approval accorded by MoHFW, so that the precious seats do not go waste,” read an official MCC notification.
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According to the official notification, rules and eligibility for special stray vacancy round are:
- No fresh registration will be conducted in the special stray vacancy round. Pre-registered candidates who do not hold a seat in All India Quota (AIQ) or state quota can participate in the counselling.
- Candidates will have to do fresh choice-filling and previously filled choices will be rendered ‘null and void’.
- All registered candidates, irrespective of their category, will have to pay a refundable security deposit of Rs 50,000 to participate in the special stray vacancy round.
- The refundable deposit of candidates who do not join the allotted seats will be forfeited.
- Candidates who do not join the seats will be debarred from appearing in NEET PG 2023.
MCC further informed that candidates will have to furnish an undertaking with respect to allotment of seats at the time of choice-filling.
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