MBBS students and their parents at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, have sought the intervention of the Union Health Ministry to halt the proposed reallocation of State quota seats to the all-India quota (AIQ) for admission to postgraduate (MD/MS) courses in the academic year 2024–25.
As the admission process is currently under way, GMCH has, through a notification dated June 3, stated that half of the State quota seats for postgraduate admissions will now be filled on the basis of all-India merit under NEET-PG 2024. The notification further mentioned that the third counselling round for the remaining (32) State quota seats will be filled equally based on Institutional Preference and AIQ rank obtained in NEET-PG.
The GMCH offers approximately 148 postgraduate seats, distributed between the State and all-India quotas.
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Students and parents have raised objections to the revised mechanism. “We are opposing this decision because following this notification, half of the State quota seats would be filled through the all-India quota, which would rise up to 75%, exceeding the set National Medical Commission (NMC) norms that limit AIQ to 50% across the country,” Dr. Sanjeev Bhatia and Dr. A.K. Agarwal, who are representing the affected group, said.
