New Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday has refused to intervene in the “policy domain” of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-PG) 2022. It directed students who were seeking an extension of the deadline of their internship programme to make a representation to the Centre.
The bench in its order stated, “The petitioners are doctors who are desirous of appearing for the ensuing NEET-PG examination. They are aggrieved by the cut-off date of May 31, 2022. The grievance of the petitioners is that many candidates such as the petitioners joined COVID duties as a result of which the period of their internship was postponed.”
A bench comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud also requested the Centre to consider the representation expeditiously within one week upon receiving it.
The court also took note of the submissions of MBBS students, who are aspirants of NEET-PG 2022, that they joined COVID duties due to which internship date got postponed and different states have different states to begin the internship.
The Court further observed that at this stage it must be noted that one of the grounds on which the petition under Article 32 was moved was that there was a likely clash between the schedule for counselling for NEET-PG 2021 and NEET-PG 2022 examination. This aspect of the matter has now been resolved as a result of the postponement of the NEET-PG examination.
In their plea, petitioners, Shivam Satyarthee and others sought postponement of the NEET scheduled to be held on March 12 for admissions to post-graduate medical courses. The government has postponed the examination for May.
They said the issue was that the deadline of May 31, 2022, has been fixed for completion of a one-year internship which was difficult to meet as the doctors after an announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have got engaged in COVID duty.
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