NEET PG 2023: Delhi High Court issues notice to centre on plea challenging zero cut-off

The petitioners to the case also informed the Delhi High Court that they had sent a representation to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, September 23 seeking clarity on the order and requesting withdrawal of it. The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to centre on a plea challenging the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) cut-off percentile being reduced. Recently, the NEET PG 2023 cut-off percentile was reduced to zero for all categories. Three Maharashtra doctors have moved the plea stating that reducing the cut-off percentile to 0 “fades away the entire purpose of a ‘National Eligibility cum Entrance test’ if the quotient of ‘eligibility’ itself is diluted”. “…by reducing the eligibility criteria to zero percentile, i.e., minus 40 marks, the very purpose of conducting the NEET PG exam stands defeated. It also fades away the entire purpose of a ‘National Eligibility cum Entrance test’ if the quotient of ‘eligibility’ itself is diluted,” the plea, as reported by LiveLaw, stated. The petitioners to the case also informed the Delhi High Court that they had sent a representation to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, September 23 seeking clarity on the order and requesting withdrawal of it. However, they added, the Health Ministry has not reverted yet. “The Impugned Order is prejudicial to the candidates who had opted out of the second round of the counselling process as it sees to operate in retrospect. Candidates had opted out of second round hoping for a better seat in the mop-up round that used to be held each year. However, the conversion of seats in the proposed third round is different and substantially less than the erstwhile mop-up round, as such, the Impugned Order has vitiated the calculated approach of candidates in hindsight,” it added. After hearing the arguments, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav who has been hearing the case, has sought a response from the National Board of Examinations (NBE), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

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