*SC: Penalise If Seats Blocked in Medical PG Courses – Key Highlights* • Transparency Mandated in NEET-PG Counselling Raw scores, answer keys, and normalisation formulae must be published publicly. • Strict Action Against Seat Blocking Candidates who temporarily accept and later abandon seats will face strong penalties. • Seat Blocking Defined as Malpractice Holding and later leaving a seat distorts seat availability and harms genuine aspirants. • Aadhaar-Based Seat Tracking Ordered To prevent multiple seat holdings across counselling rounds. • Nationwide Synchronized Counselling Calendar AIQ and State counselling to be aligned to avoid overlaps and manipulation. • Centralised Fee Regulation by NMC All fees (tuition, hostel, caution deposit, etc.) to be regulated and standardized. • Mandatory Pre-Counselling Fee Disclosure Private/deemed colleges must publish full fee structures before counselling starts. • Penalties for Seat Blocking Offenders: • Forfeiture of security deposit • Disqualification from future NEET-PG exams • Blacklisting of complicit colleges • SC Observations on Systemic Flaws Seat blocking indicates deeper governance failures, lack of transparency, and poor enforcement. ⸻ Impact of Supreme Court Order on NEET UG Counselling • Aadhaar-Based Seat Tracking Likely in NEET-UG To ensure no candidate holds multiple UG seats. • Extension of Seat Blocking Rules to UG Counselling Similar penalties may apply for blocking UG MBBS/BDS seats. • Strict Penalties Expected in UG Admissions Forfeiture of security money, future NEET-UG ban, and college-level action. • Enhanced Transparency in UG Counselling Real-time data on seat allotments, withdrawals, and upgrades to be made public. • Unified NEET UG Counselling Calendar Proposed AIQ and State rounds to follow a common, synchronised timeline. • Mandatory Fee Disclosure for UG Private Colleges Deemed/private colleges must reveal full fee structures beforehand. • Push for Systemic Reform Across UG & PG Levels The SC emphasized that reforms must ensure merit-based and transparent medical admission..