UP MBBS Counselling Halted: HC Quashes 79% Quota in 4 Medical Colleges with 340 Seats
Allahabad High Court has cancelled UP’s special grant quota in four medical colleges, putting counselling on hold; Uttar Pradesh has over 11,200 MBBS seats across govt and private medical colleges.
The Allahabad High Court has struck down Uttar Pradesh Government's special grant quota policy in four government medical colleges, forcing authorities to put UP MBBS counselling on hold. The court has ruled that the move, which reserved more than 79% seats for SC, ST and OBC students, violated the legally mandated ceiling of 50% on caste-based reservations.
The High Court decision affects the medical colleges located in Kannauj, Ambedkar Nagar, Jalaun and Saharanpur districts. Each college has around 85 MBBS seats, of which only seven were kept for the general category, while 62 were earmarked for SC, five for ST and 11 for OBC students. With this arrangement, out of a total 340 MBBS seats, just 28 were open to the general category.
Calling the quota “arbitrary” and “unconstitutional”, the Allahabad HC directed the UP government to conduct fresh MBBS counselling in line with the provisions of the Reservation Act, 2006 and the Indra Sawhney judgment of 1992. The counselling process has now been paused until new directions are issued.
Total MBBS Seats in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is among the top states in India for medical education, with one of the highest numbers of MBBS seats. According to official figures, the state now has over 11,200 MBBS seats, including around 5,250 seats in government medical colleges and 6,550 in private institutions.
In the past few years, UP has expanded to nearly 80 medical colleges (44 government and 36 private). Though court’s order impacts only four colleges, students awaiting counselling have urged the state government to release a fresh schedule at the earliest to avoid delays in the academic session.
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The NEET counselling registration fee varies for different candidate categories. For the AIQ seats and Central Universities, the fee for the General category candidates is INR 1,000 and for the SC, ST, OBC and PwD category candidates, the fee is INR 500. For participating in the NEET counselling process for Deemed Universities, the registration fee for all category candidates is INR 5,000. The registration fee is non-refundable. On the other hand, candidates will have to pay the tuition fee which is refundable. The amount for the General category candidates for the AIQ seats and Central Universities is INR 10,000. For the reserved category candidates, the amount is INR 5,000. For Deemed Universities, the tuition fee to be paid by all category candidates is INR 2,00,000. Those who would not be allotted a seat after the NEET counselling process will be refunded the tuition fee after the conclusion of the counselling rounds.
The NEET counselling process is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) primarily in online mode. All the steps of the counselling process, including the registration, release of seat matrix, choice filling and locking, and release of the seat allotment result. Only the last and final round, which is the institute reporting, has to be done in offline mode. Herein candidates who have been allotted seats have to visit the institutes for document verification and complete the admission process by paying the requisite fee amount.
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