Medical aspirants surrendering engg seats late exempted from five-year fine

Ashwathnarayan CN, Minister of Higher Education, Karnataka, clarified that the decision has been taken only for his year due to the delay in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 

Ashwathnarayan CN, Minister of Higher Education, Karnataka, said medical aspirants surrendering their engineering seats late have to pay only this year’s fee and not five years.  

According to the rules of the Karnataka Higher Education department, the candidates who block engineering seats and surrender them after the casual vacancy round have to pay six times the course fees as penalty. The decision has been taken only for his year due to the delay in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 

“Due to the delay in the NEET examination this time, the penalty charge for students who have already secured an engineering seat and now enrolling in the medical course has been cancelled,” said Ashwathnarayan CN. Due to the Supreme Court hearing regarding the NEET UG issue, the counselling process got delayed and hence many students were not willing to surrender the engineering seats they got without getting a confirmation regarding the medical seats.  

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