NEET UG 2025 counselling likely to begin on July 1; AIQ seat allocation, court hearing updates

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is likely to commence the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - undergraduate (NEET UG 2025) counselling on July 1. NEET-qualified candidates seeking admission to All India Quota (AIQ) seats will need to participate in the MCC NEET counselling for entry into government, deemed, and private medical colleges.

The NEET UG counselling 2025 will be conducted for 15% AIQ seats for MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BSc Nursing, and other allied courses offered in government medical and dental colleges. Remaining seats will be filled through the state counselling process.

The MCC has not yet announced the NEET UG counselling schedule 2025 on the official website. However, during a recent Delhi High Court hearing, the petitioner’s counsel informed that the NEET counselling is tentatively set to begin on July 1 and requested for a speedy resolution in the matter.

A candidate who appeared at Trishla Devi Kanohar Lal Balika Inter College in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh filed a petition seeking compensatory marks citing mental distress caused by defective biometric verification.

The court directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to file a counter affidavit and preserve the CCTV recordings, log book entries and any other registers at the test centre. The counsel informed that “counselling would tentatively commence July 1 onward, the court posted the hearing for June 27”, as reported by the PTI.

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NEET UG Counselling 2025: AIQ seats

The MCC will conduct four rounds of NEET UG counselling to fill AIQ seats in the following medical colleges. Domicil-free open seats include:

• 15% All India Quota (AIQ) MBBS, BDS seats of states,
• 100% MBBS, BDS seats of Banaras Hindu University (BHU Open)
• AIIMS open seats- 100% MBBS seats of AIIMS across India
• JIPMER Puducherry/ Karaikal
• Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
• 15% AIQ seats of DU, I.P University, VMMC, ABVIMS, ESIC Dental
• Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) open seats- Faculty of Dentistry
• 15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats of ESIC.

Candidates are required to use their e-mail address and mobile number submitted by them during NEET UG registration to apply for MCC counselling. They will also have to exercise the choice filling facility before the deadline to be allotted seats in the desired college. The complete schedule will be notified soon on the official website, mcc.nic.in.