KOCHI: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) under the Director General of Health Services, after effecting a strange change in the all India quota (AIQ) allotment process for PG Medical admission has now warned those trying to block seats during the counseling process without taking admission for the transfer of these seats to the state quota.
The MCC notice in this regard posted on its website on Wednesday, the day when the second phase of allotment for the all India quota began, says that “MoHFW is receiving lot of complaints from students regarding an active participation of some groups of students who are likely to block AIQ seats in the second round deliberately for financial gratification without intention of joining them. This amounts to a criminal offence and has been viewed seriously. Such students will be identified and if credible evidence of seat blocking by cartelisation is found, legal action will be taken against them.”
The notice further says that “the nearly 1,000 students who have not joined after first round have been identified and their future course of action during second round is being monitored closely. Other candidates are also requested to identify such candidates and report their Roll No./ NEET Rank to the MCC if and when they are aware of this issue.” However, experts say MCC itself has paved way for this turn of events by allowing students who did not join colleges after the first allotment, to register options in the second allotment.
“Till this year's first allotment was over, the rule did not allow those students who hasn’t taken admission after first allotment to continue in second allotment. In the changed scenario if someone gives option for certain seats in the first and second allotments and do not take admission, it will be passed into the state quota and persons with lesser merit may be able to grab those seats,” said Dr S Rajookrishnan, former Joint Commissioner of Entrance Examinations. It is said that there are agents operating to make money by ‘buying and selling’ these seats and students who give options also make money this way.
