# Calcutta High Court: No EWS claim for NEET-UG 2026 after results 2026-08-14T18:25:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Calcutta High Court has ruled that candidates who applied for NEET-UG 2026 under the General or OBC-NCL category cannot later claim Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation after results and counselling begin. Justice Amrita Sinha said allowing such a switch would disrupt the all-India merit list and unfairly prejudice candidates who had declared EWS status at the time of application. The court was hearing a petition from eight candidates who sought EWS benefits during West Bengal counselling but had not possessed an EWS certificate when they filed their NEET forms. Separately, Justice Krishna Rao directed authorities to urgently decide on another NEET aspirant’s EWS certificate request, ruling that a discrepancy in his mother’s voter list entry was irrelevant to his eligibility. The petitioner, Priyangshu Mukherjee, who scored 471 marks and holds a General-EWS rank of 16,401, faced a document verification deadline of August 18, 2026. The court ordered the Additional District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas, to decide by 5 pm that day and not to consider the mother’s voter deletion. ## Coverage - livelaw.in - livelaw.in Tags: Calcutta High Court, National Testing Agency, NEET-UG, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/calcutta-high-court-rejects-post-result-ews-category-change-in-neet-ug/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/calcutta-high-court-rejects-post-result-ews-category-change-in-neet-ug/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.