Plea In Supreme Court To Conduct NEET-MDS 2021 Counseling Without EWS/OBC Quota In AIQ

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the application of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the All India Quota seats for NEET-MDS 2021.

The petition seeks directions to conduct the counselling for Masters of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats under the NEET-AIQ without the EWS/OBC reservations. The petitioners seek directions to the Medical Counselling Committee to proceed with NEET MDS Counselling on the basis of earlier reservation policy & not as per notice dated July 29, 2021, which introduced EWS/OBC quota.

The Supreme Court will consider the petition for admission tomorrow.

It may be noted that the Supreme Court is presently hearing a batch of petitions challenging the decision taken by the Union Government on July 29 to introduce reservation for EWS/OBC categories in the medical UG and PG seats under the All India Quota. Today, a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud had questioned the basis of the Rs 8 lakh annual income criteria adopted by the Central Government for EWS quota.

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Incidentally, to oppose the petitions filed by PG doctors, the Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Union Government, had submitted that EWS/OBC quota has already been implemented for NEET-MDS AIQ.