Postpone NEET PG 2024: Plea to Postpone NEET PG Exam Reaches Supreme Court

The petition argues that the short notice period makes it nearly impossible for many students to reach their test centers. Additionally, the petitioner demands transparency in the normalization process for the four question paper sets to ensure fairness in evaluation.

saurav pandey

August 08, 2024 / 10:14 IST

Plea to Postpone NEET PG 2024 Reaches Supreme Court

NEET PG Exam 2024: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a postponement of the NEET PG 2024 examination, scheduled for August 11, 2024. The petitioner has raised concerns about the inconvenience caused to candidates due to the late allocation of exam cities.

According to the plea, test cities were assigned on July 31, 2024, with specific exam centers to be announced on August 8, 2024. While this decision was aimed at preventing malpractices, it has created logistical challenges for over two lakh examinees. The petitioner argues that the short notice period has made it extremely difficult for students to arrange travel to their allocated cities, especially given limited train availability and surging airfares.

"...more than two lakh students are scheduled to appear in the aforestated examination. The examination is scheduled to be held in 185 test cities, therefore, resulting in non-availability of train tickets as well as hiking of air fares due to dynamic pricing thereby making it almost impossible for a large number of students to reach their test centres", states the petition as quoted by LiveLaw.

In addition to the postponement request, the petitioner has demanded transparency in the normalization process for the four question paper sets. The plea aims to ensure fairness and eliminate any potential arbitrariness in the evaluation.

In another major development, just days before the crucial medical entrance test, social media platforms are abuzz with claims of the NEET PG question paper being leaked. Screenshots circulating online suggest that Telegram groups are openly advertising the sale of question papers for a staggering Rs 70,000.