Tribune News Service
Faridkot, December 26
Much to the dismay of the state quota medical students, there will be no revert of all-India quota (AIQ) MBBS and MD/MS vacant seats this time.
So far, all AIQ seats which remained vacant after two rounds of counselling were sent back to the state and were filled under state quota. But now, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced that all AIQ MBBS and MD/MS seats will be filled by conducting two more rounds of counselling.
All government medical institutes in the state contribute 15 per cent of their MBBS and 50 per cent of MD/MS seats to AIQ seats and these seats are filled by the MCC from the candidates across the country.
Earlier, the MCC used to conduct only two rounds of counselling to fill the AIQ seats and the seats remaining vacant after these two rounds of counselling were reverted to states to be treated as state quota seats.
But from this year, the MCC has announced to conduct four rounds of counselling — AIQ round 1, AIQ round 2, AIQ mop-up round and AIQ stray vacancy round to fill all these seats.
Last year, the MCC had reverted 33 out of total 90 AIQ MBBS seats in three government medical colleges in Punjab after these remained vacant in two rounds of counselling. Similarly, 76 out of total 188
AIQ postgraduate (MD/MS) medical seats in three government medical colleges were also reverted.
The MCC has announced that fresh candidates will only be allowed in the first three rounds and not in the stray vacancy round. Candidates will be given an option to upgrade and free exit only in round 1. Candidates who join the allotted seat in round 2 will not be allowed to resign and will be ineligible for participating in further rounds of counselling. Candidates who do not join the allotted seat in round 2 will be eligible for further rounds of counselling by paying a security deposit and fresh registration in mop-up round only.
Norms changed
From this year, the MCC has announced to conduct four rounds of counselling — AIQ round 1, AIQ round 2, AIQ mop-up round and AIQ stray vacancy round —to fill all the seats. Last year, the MCC had reverted 33 out of total 90 AIQ MBBS seats in three government medical colleges in Punjab after these remained vacant in two rounds of counselling.
Medical seats for all-India quota won’t be given back to state now
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