NEET-PG: Exam authority seeks Supreme Court nod to defer exam till August 3

The National Board of Examination has moved the Supreme Court seeking to conduct on August 3 the NEETPG 2025 exam in one shift in line with the top courts directionsThe National Board of Examinations NBE plea said it would hold the examination scheduled to take place on June 15 between 9 am and 1230 pmThe NBEs plea among other things sought the top courts permission to schedule the NEET PG 2025 on August 3 2025 which is the earliest possible available date given by its technology partner ie Ms Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS in accordance with the directions passed by this vide order dated May 30 2025The plea said that NBE had previously decided to postpone the NEETPG exam initially scheduled on June 15 following the Supreme Courts direction to hold it in a single shift instead of double shiftsOn May 30 the apex court chastised the NBE decision to hold the exam in two shiftsThe NBE informed the top court that soon after the May 30 order it informed TCS about the top courts directive in an email sent at around 121 pmTCS was requested to confirm the availability of the adequate number of test centers feasible for conducting the exam in a single shift on June 15 2025 TCS responded vide email dated May 30 2025 at 352 pm stating that the time available was insufficient to hold the said exam in a single shift on the scheduled exam date ie June 15 2025 the NBE saidTCS in a subsequent email on June 2 elaborated on the reasons in not being able to conduct the exam in a single shift and indicated the earliest possible date to conduct the exam was August 3 2025Referring to some of the reasons cited by TCS the NBE said there was a need to augment the number of centers in more cities approximately 250 plus cities requiring the application to be reopened for all the candidatesThousand plus centers shall need to be booked and engaged which will require considerable time it said For a shift of 242679 candidates with buffer would require an infrastructure for 270 lakh to be made available across the country and it needed considerable time the NBE saidFurther the postponement of the exam was stated to have a multifaceted impact extending beyond immediate disruptionThe plea argued a collaborative effort of the government authorities and the NBE was needed to enable students to navigate the uncertain period with resilience and supportThe NBE said aside from NEETPG it was conducting Indian Railways several banking exams and regional exams across states in the countryHence we propose to conduct this exam on August 3 in the 1st shift from 9 am to 1230 pm it saidOn May 30 the top court ordered conducting the postgraduate medical entrance exam scheduled on June 15 in a single shift as two shifts created arbitrariness in its opinionThe authorities were directed to make arrangements for holding NEETPG 2025 exam in one shift and ensure transparency and identification of the secured centersAny two question papers can never be said to be having an identical level of difficulty or ease the top court saidNormalisation may be applied in exceptional cases but not in a routine manner year after year it addedThe apex court passed the order on the pleas challenging a notification for holding the examination for admissions in medical courses in two shiftsThe total number of candidates was stated to be 242678 with the test being held all over the country and not just in a single cityWhile one of the pleas was filed through advocate Sukriti Bhatnagar several lawyers including advocate Tanvi Dubey appeared in the matterThe counsel appearing for the respondents including the NBE contended that even if efforts were made to identify more centers it might need more time which might result into delay in holding the examinationsThe NBE is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting postgraduate and postdoctoral examinations in approved specialities leading to the award of Diplomate of National Board and Doctorate of National Board and Fellow of National BoardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever