UT frames new guidelines for admission to MBBS

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31

Following the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the UT Administration has framed new guidelines for admission to the MBBS course at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

Under the new guidelines, candidates who have passed Class X, XI and XII from schools/colleges recognised by the Administration and situated in the UT as a regular student will be eligible for admission. Earlier, students who had passed Class XII from schools/colleges in the UT were eligible for admission.

However, the new admission guidelines will be implemented in a staggered manner — in 2019, the eligibility criteria will be only Class XII, in 2020, it will be Class XI and XII and in 2021, it will be Class X, XI and XII.

Candidates whose parents are residents of Chandigarh for the past five years preceding the date of application, even if they do not satisfy the schooling criteria, will also be eligible for admission.

A residence certificate issued by the office of the Deputy Commissioner will be considered as a proof for the purpose. Candidates whose parents are employees of Central Government/state government and are on deputation with the UT Administration, including government employees of the UT, employees working in autonomous bodies/companies in which the UT has 20 per cent or more share for the past three years preceding the date of application, even if they do not satisfy the above criteria, will also be eligible for admission.

However, candidates of all three above categories will have to submit an undertaking/affidavit that the candidate has not opted for and claimed the benefit of residence in any other state/UT other than Chandigarh after the declaration of the NEET result.

The Administration had formed a committee under Dr BS Chavan, Director-Principal, GMCH, to frame the guidelines for fixing the eligibility criteria for admission to state quota seats in the MBBS course at the college after the decision of the court, which were accepted by the Administration.