NEET PG 2024: Registration Begins For Special Stray Vacancy Round Tomorrow – News18

Last Updated:March 05, 2025, 17:29 IST

NEET PG 2024: Registration starts for special stray vacancy on March 6, 2025, at mcc.nic.in.

NEET PG Counselling 2024: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced a special stray vacancy round for NEET PG 2024 after the reduction of the cut-off percentile. Registration for this special round will begin on March 6, 2025, and candidates can apply online through the official website mcc.nic.in.

The decision to conduct a special stray vacancy round comes after some seats remained vacant due to non-joining or non-reporting by candidates following the initial rounds of counselling. To address this, the NEET PG cut-off percentile has been reduced to the 5th percentile.

NEET PG Special Stray Vacancy Round: Eligibility Criteria 

To be eligible for this special round, candidates must meet the following criteria:

Candidates who have not been allotted or joined any seat in the previous rounds of NEET PG 2024 counselling, including All India Quota (AIQ), state quota, or deemed universities.

Candidates with a percentile score of 5% or above (for all categories).

Candidates who have already been allotted and joined a seat in previous rounds of AIQ/state counselling or deemed universities are not eligible.

Candidates who were allotted a seat in AIQ round 3 or a stray vacancy round earlier but did not join are not eligible.

NEET PG 2024: Special Stray Vacancy Counselling Round Schedule

• Registration for March 6 To March 8, 2025 (up to11:00 AM)
• Payment facility available: March 6 (11.00 AM) to March 8, 2025 (2.00 PM)
• Choice filling/locking: March 6 (11.00 AM) to March 10, 2025 (8.00 AM)
• Processing of Seat Allotment: March 10 to March 11, 2025
• Publication of Result: March 12, 2025
• Reporting at allotted College: March 13 to March 20, 2025

NEET PG Counselling 2024: Security Deposit & Important Instructions

Candidates participating in this round will be required to pay a refundable security deposit:

Rs 50,000 for candidates registered under the All India Quota (AIQ) for government seats.

Rs 3,00,000 for candidates registered for deemed universities.

If a candidate does not join the seat allotted to them in the special stray vacancy round, their security deposit will be forfeited, and they will be ineligible for the NEET PG exam the following year.

Candidates who are allotted seats in this special round must report to the allotted institute and join the seat within the stipulated time, bringing all required original documents.

The list of candidates allotted seats in the special stray vacancy round will be shared with state counselling authorities, and such candidates will be debarred from taking admission in the special stray vacancy round of state counselling.

An undertaking will need to be furnished by candidates at the time of choice-filling on the MCC portal regarding their seat allotment.