NEET UG Counselling 2022: MCC announces new plan to fill seats, know who are eligible

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has come up with a new strategy for the NEET UG Counselling 2022 to fill up as many as 323 vacant MBBS seats. The Committee has decided to conduct special stray vacancy round in an online mode for the Counselling. 

The MCC has decided to go for this special stray vacancy to ensure that the no seat go waste. This year Medical Counselling Committee of DGHS conducted Online Stray Vacancy Round for MBBS Seats. However, still 325 MBBS seats of All India Quota/ Central University/ Central Institutes/ AIIMS/ JIPMER are vacant, the MCC said.

"In this regard, the competent authority has decided to conduct a Special Stray Vacancy Round for the vacant (323) MBBS Seats in an online mode so that the precious All India Quota/ Central Institute/ Central University/ AIIMS/ JIPMER seats do not go waste," it said.

Important details to note for NEET UG Counselling 2022 stray vacancy round:

- No Fresh Registration will take place in Special Stray Vacancy Round. All pre registered candidates who are not holding any seat are eligible to participate. However, candidates will have to do Fresh Choice Filling for Special Stray Vacancy Round.

- All Registered candidates irrespective of their category are required to pay a Refundable Security Deposit of Rs. 50,000 for participation in Special Stray Vacancy Round. The Refundable Security Deposit of candidates who do not join the seats allotted to them in Special Stray Vacancy Round will be Forfeited. 

- Candidates who are not holding any Seat either in All India Quota or State Quota are eligible to participate in Special Stray Vacancy Round. 

- Candidates who will be allotted seats in Special Stray Vacancy Round will have to report at the allotted Institute and join the seat with their original documents. 

Eligible Candidates:

Candidates previously registered on MCC portal but not holding any seat in the previous rounds of NEET-UG Counselling, 2021 of All India Quota/State Quota.

Ineligible Candidates:

a. A candidate already allotted & joined a seat in AIQ/State Counselling.

b. A candidate who has been allotted a seat in AIQ Mop-Up Round & Stray Vacancy Round (for MBBS Seats conducted from 1st April to 11th April, 2022) by MCC earlier but did not join the allotted seat.