The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday of its willingness to revert all the vacant National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Super Speciality seats (NEET-SS) for in-service government doctors to the State of Tamil Nadu.
Mr. It had also sought protection of the State’s in-service reservation policy, pending a final decision on reduction of the NEET-SS qualifying percentile. In a previous hearing, the Union government had submitted that out of the 152 seats transferred by the State of Tamil Nadu, approximately 40 seats continued to remain vacant. Wilson had submitted that all 40 in-service seats must be returned to Tamil Nadu as 111 candidates were awaiting a reduction in the qualifying percentile.
The association had challenged the “premature diversion” of 152 vacant Super Speciality seats earmarked for in-service government doctors in Tamil Nadu to the All India Quota. A substantial number of these candidates narrowly missed the existing qualifying percentile and would become eligible if the qualifying percentile is reduced/relaxed,” the association said.
