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NEET PG 2025: According to the NBEMS notice, the NEET-PG cut-off for the general category has been reduced to seven percentile from 50.
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The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and other respondents to address a plea challenging the NBEMS’s decision to lower the qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET-PG 2025-26. Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe issued notices to the Union of India, NBEMS, the National Medical Commission, and others, scheduling the next hearing for February 6.
The Board reduced the qualifying percentiles for NEET-PG 2025 admissions, with the cut-off for reserved categories dropping to zero from 40 percentile, thus allowing candidates with scores as low as minus 40 out of 800 to participate in the third round of counselling for PG medical seats. The cut-off for the general category was reduced to seven percentile from 50.
The plea, filed by social worker Harisharan Devgan and doctors Saurav Kumar, Lakshya Mittal, and Akash Soni, argues that the cut-off reduction violates Articles 14 and 21 and contends that eligibility criteria should not be altered after the selection process has started. The petition emphasizes that PG medical education should not be commercialised and regulatory authorities must uphold standards.
The medical community has widely criticised the NBEMS’s decision as “unprecedented and illogical.”
February 04, 2026, 16:58 IST
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