NEET UG, PG 2021 counselling: MCC says ‘no’ to resignation after round 2

NEW DELHI: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) informed students that no resignation will be accepted after round-2 of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG, PG counselling 2021.

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“MCC is receiving several requests from the candidates regarding resignation of seats from allotted College, institutes from their joined seats in 2nd round…However, it is re-iterated to all the participating candidates that no resignation are allowed once the candidate is a part of round 2 of counselling conducted by MCC,” the Committee said in an official notice.

MCC advised colleges taking resignation offline to abstain from doing so as such vacant seats allowing through offline resignation will not be included in further rounds of counselling.

According to the new changes in AIQ counselling introduced by MCC from this year onwards, no candidate will be allowed to resign after Round-1. However, MCC allowed Round-1 candidates to resign till 4pm of February 15 for UG seats and 4pm of February 3 for PG seats.

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NEET Counselling 2021: Changes in AIQ counselling

In December, MCC announced changes in All India Quota (AIQ) counselling for NEET UG and PG admissions. The Commission had notified the following changes:

• MCC will conduct 4 rounds of counselling - AIQ Round 1, AIQ Round 2, AIQ Mop-up round, and AIQ stray vacancy round.
• Remaining seats after completion of Round 2 will be filled in mop-up and stray vacancy round by MCC in online mode.
• The four rounds will only be conducted for AIQ seats having All India character which are contributed by states for 15% UG and 50% PG seats.
• Fresh candidates will only be allowed in the first three rounds and not in the stray vacancy round.
• Candidates will be given an option for upgradation and free exit only in Round 1
• Candidates who join the allotted seat in Round 1 will not be allowed to resign and will be ineligible for participating in further rounds of counseling.
• Candidates who do not join the allotted seat in Round 2 will be eligible for further rounds of counselling by paying a security deposit and fresh registration in mop-up round only.