SC Demands Response from Centre on NEET SS Cancellation; Petitions Filed

Content Curator | Updated On - Jul 20, 2024

The bench also gave liberty to petitioners Rahul Balwan and 12 others to make NBE (National Board of Examinations) a party to the petition and listed it for hearing on July 26, 2024.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and other related agencies on a plea challenging the decision of National Medical Commission (NMC) to not conduct NEET-Super Speciality examination (NEET SS) 2024.

A bench consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was informed by a lawyer representing 13 aspirants that the NMC has opted not to hold the examination this year. As per news reports, NEET-SS is likely to be conducted in January 2025.

The SC has issued notice to the Centre, Medical Counselling Committee and the NMC. The bench also gave liberty to petitioners Rahul Balwan and 12 others to make NBE (National Board of Examinations) a party to the petition and listed it for hearing on July 26, 2024.

The plea was filed by 13 doctors including Rahul Balwan among others. The petitioner was represented by Rashmi Nandakumar. The Petitioners are doctors, who have completed their education in medicine up to the level of post-graduation, said that they are aggrieved by the arbitrary and irrational decision of indefinitely postponing the NEET-SS Examination 2024.

The petitioner has urged the top court to pass an appropriate direction to conduct the NEET-SS Examination 2024 in July- August. Referring to an earlier judgement, the petitioners said NEET-SS has to be held every year and, moreover, the time schedule has already been fixed by the top court for admission to super-speciality courses.

"The reason given for the decision is that, due to Covid-19, the MD/MS and DNB courses (NEET-PG courses) for 2021 were held only from January to May 2022. Consequently, the NEET-PG 2021 candidates would not be eligible to appear for the NEET-SS Examination held in 2024," the petition said.

According to this schedule, the NEET-SS examination was to be held by the July 10, 2024 of every year and the entire process was. to be completed by the August 31, 2024 every year.

"That the arbitrary decision to postpone the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 also violates the legitimate expectation of candidates such as the petitioners who have planned their careers based on the previously established examination. schedule. Moreover, Respondent NMC is disrupting the academic year in order to accommodate a single batch of candidates, to the detriment of all other candidates who have completed their PG Courses," the petition said.

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