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Calcutta High Court Rejects Post-Result EWS Category Change in NEET-UG
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that NEET-UG 2026 candidates who applied as General or OBC-NCL cannot claim EWS reservation after results and counselling begin. Justice Amrita Sinha dismissed a plea by…
The Story in Brief
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that NEET-UG 2026 candidates who applied as General or OBC-NCL cannot claim EWS reservation after results and counselling begin. Justice Amrita Sinha dismissed a plea by eight candidates seeking to participate in West Bengal counselling under the EWS category.
The court said candidates needed a valid EWS certificate when filing their NEET application. Allowing a later category change could alter the all-India merit list and disadvantage candidates who declared EWS status on time. The NEET-UG result was declared on July 14, 2026. The court also said West Bengal’s requirement for certificates issued on or after April 1 did not permit a post-application category switch.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that the ruling simply denies deserving poor students reservation misses the court’s narrower concern: changing categories after rankings are published can displace candidates who followed the stated process. Yet the petitioners’ timing problem also points to a policy gap between the national application window and state certificate rules. The fair test is whether future notices clearly state when an EWS certificate must exist and whether every applicant gets the same deadline.
Source: livelaw.in
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