Serious concerns have been raised over the conduct of the medical admission cycle in Maharashtra, with deviations from updated Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) guidance being alleged by parents and students. It has been claimed that the third round of state allotments was released by the State CET Cell before the final list of admitted candidates under the all-India quota was received, a sequence that was discouraged under norms issued in the wake of a Supreme Court directive. Through this sequence, it has been contended, students who did not join all-India seats were effectively prevented from seeking places through the state quota.
Under the updated framework, it was prescribed that state merit lists be published only after the MCC’s final admissions list was provided, so that double consideration of candidates already admitted nationally would be avoided. By parents and counsellors, it has been asserted that the round was nevertheless announced ahead of that step, creating overlap in data and confusion in eligibility. As a result, applicability for state options was said to have been blocked for a section of aspirants.
An illustrative case from Pune has been cited. It was described that a candidate who had obtained a physiotherapy seat in MCC’s second round awaited an MBBS seat in the third. When a private medical college was allotted, the fees were reportedly found unaffordable and the admission was not taken. A reversion to physiotherapy through the state quota was then attempted, but the option form was stated to have been blocked because an MCC allotment was recorded by the system. The situation was characterized as “unfair” by the parent, with an opportunity effectively foreclosed by timing and data synchronization.
Greater coordination was urged by counsellor Sachin Bangad, whose view that the CET Cell should have awaited the final MCC list was recorded. It was recalled by him that proper coordination had been observed the previous year. A similar position was taken by activist Sudha Shenoy, by whom it was observed that other states had waited for MCC’s final data and that a delay of a day or two would have been sufficient to spare candidates from avoidable setbacks. Demands for a revised merit list or case-by-case relief have been articulated by parents; the possibility of legal action has been indicated if no corrective step is taken.
In the official response, it was indicated by a CET Cell representative that actions were taken in accordance with the brochure’s guidelines and that allotments were prepared using data then available. It was mentioned that students are expected to be cognizant of the rules before exercising options and that allocations are contingent on available information. A further contention was made regarding 50 additional MBBS seats approved by the National Medical Commission for a Solapur private college on October 17. Their non-inclusion in the October 30 state allotment list was flagged by Bangad, by whom it was argued that sufficient time had been available for incorporation and that resultant opportunity costs would be borne by interested students in later rounds.
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