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NEET PG Seats: Ruckus over converting Chandigarh UT Kota into AIQ, contempt petition filed in Supreme Court

NEET Pg Seat: A new controversy has come to light over the allocation of medical postgraduate (NEET-PG) seats. A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the decision to convert Chandigarh’s Union Territory (UT) quota into an All India quota (AIQ). This petition has been filed in the light of the already ongoing Tanvi Bahl vs Shrey Goyal case, in which the Supreme Court had clarified that residence-based reservation violates Article 14 (right to equality) of the Constitution and thus unconstitutional.

The petitioner alleges that the decision to include the seats of Chandigarh UT in the All India Kota is a disregard of that former order of the court. A contempt petition was filed in the Supreme Court regarding this issue, which the court has sent to the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Now CJI will decide when and how to listen to this matter before the appropriate bench.

What is the matter?

An contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court recently, alleging that the decision to convert PG medical seats of State Kota into All India Kota in medical colleges in Chandigarh, is a violation of the ‘Tanvi Bahl vs Shrey Goyal’ decision given earlier.

Tanvi Bahl case: What did the court say?

In January 2025, the Supreme Court bench (Justice Rishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and SVN Bhatti) ruled that residence -based reservation is unconstitutional. The court had clarified that the admission to PG Medical Course should be on the basis of merit, not on the basis of the residence of the applicant. However, the court also said that institute -based preference can be given to some extent.

Why did the contempt petition now come?

The petitioners’ counsel AOR Jagjit Singh Chhabra said that a public notice was issued on 9 April 2025, stating that the remaining state quota seats in the medical colleges of Chandigarh will be filled on the basis of the All India merit list. The petitioner says that this is a violation of Tanvi Bahl verdict.

Court’s latest comment

During the hearing, a bench of Justices KV Vishwanathan and N. Kotiswar Singh said that since the matter is related to earlier decisions, it will be placed before the same bench which gave the decision in ‘Tanvi Bahl’. The court also said that now that the admission process has been completed, if any violation has taken place, the related admissions can be canceled.

High court verdict and Supreme Court’s response

The case had earlier gone to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, where residence -based reservation in government medical colleges in Chandigarh was canceled. Appeal was made against this in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s verdict and said that on the basis of residence, reservation is a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution, which gives the right to equality.

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