Frequently Asked Questions

All India Quota Post-graduate Medical/ Dental Seats

Online Allotment process (Online Counseling)

Q.No. 1: What is the process of online allotment?

ANS.:
a. Main Counseling Registration
b. Exercising of Choices, indicative seats and Locking of choices
c. Process of Seat Allotment – Round 1
d. Round 1 Result Publication
e. Reporting at the allotted Medical/Dental College against 1st Round
f. Process of Seat Allotment -Round 2
g. Round 2 Result Publication
h. Reporting at the allotted Medical / Dental Colleges against Round 2
i. Publication of net vacant seats
j. Fresh Choice Submission by candidates eligible for round 3
k. Process of Seat Allotment - Round 3
l. Round 3 Result Publication
m. Reporting at the Medical / Dental Colleges /Institutions against
Round 3

PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRATION FACILITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE

ONLY BEFORE ALLOTMENT OF SEAT IN ROUND-1, ON NOTIFIED
DATES. THEREAFTER, REGISTRATION FACILITY SHALL NOT BE
AVAILABLE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ANY REQUEST (FOR ANY
REASON) FOR REGISTRATION, SHALL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER
CLOSING OF REGISTRATION.

Q.No. 2: When will online allotment process for this year start ?
Ans. Online allotment process will start on date as mentioned in
Schedule for PG online Counseling.
Please See Schedule available on www.mcc.nic.in Website.
Q.No. 3. Do I have to report to any counseling centre for registration or
choice filling?

Ans: No. Online registration and choice filling can be done from place of
convenience (including from home) using internet.

Q.No. 4: Do I require any documents to get registered on-line ?

Ans: You will be required to fill up some of the information that you have given
on your application form, and submitted to NBE or AIIMS, New Delhi and
information available of admit cards of AIPGMEE/AIPGDEE.

IMPORTANT
Please keep information that you have furnished on application form and
admit card, confidential, and do not share it with anybody as this
information will be required to register for online allotment process and
t o submit choice. If somebody else uses that information, he/she can
misuse your online registration and prevent you from taking part in online
allotment process. Keep print out of application form ready for reference
with you.

Q.No. 5: What information do I require for online registration?

Ans: Please note that you will be asked to fill some of the information (we are not
showing it here for security reasons) that you have given on your application
form, admit card of examination during online registration and provided by the
examination conducting agency, therefore keep copy of your application form
and admit cards ready for reference.
IMPORTANT
Please note that on registration window of online allotment process, you
have to fill in exactly same spelling, numbers etc as you have filled in your
application form.

Q.No. 6: How do I get password for logging in?

Ans: During the process of online registration you will generate your own
password. Candidates are advised to keep the password that they have
created, confidential to them till the end of the counseling process. They
can change the password after creating. Password is very important for
participating in online allotment process. Sharing of password can result in its
misuse by somebody else, leading to even exclusion of genuine candidate
from online allotment process.

Q.No. 7: How much time will I be given to join the allotted course?
Ans: Candidates allotted seats will be required to join the allotted college/course
within stipulated time from the date of allotment as mentioned in the schedule.
However, candidates are advised to join as early as possible and not to wait for
last day of joining, due to different schedule of holiday / working hours in various
Medical / Dental Colleges, also keeping in view that Medical / Dental colleges will
have to furnish information about joining / non-joining online to Medical
Counseling Committee.

Q.No 8: What documents are required at the time of counseling?

Ans: Since it is online allotment (Online Counseling) process, no documents will
be required for participating in online allotment process.

Q.No. 9: What documents are required at the time of joining in allotted

Medical / Dental College?
Ans: Original document for admission to Post-graduate Medical / Dental
courses for admission to 50% of total seats on all-India basis required at the
time of joining in allotted Medical / Dental College are as mentioned below.
(i) Admit Card issued by NBE or AIIMS.

(ii) Result/ Rank letter issued by NBE or AIIMS.

(iii) Mark Sheets of MBBS / BDS 1st, 2nd and 3rd Professional Examinations.

(iv) MBBS/BDS Degree Certificate.

(v) Internship Completion Certificate/Certificate from the Head of Institution or

College that the candidate will be completing the Internship by 31st
March, of the admission year.

(vi) Permanent/Provisional Registration Certificate issued by MCI or DCI/State

Medical or Dental Council.

(vii) High School/Higher Secondary Certificate/Birth Certificate as proof of date

or birth.
 (viii) Candidates allotted seat must carry one of the identification proof (ID Proof)
to the allotted college at the time of admission (as mentioned in the
Information Bulletin published by the National Board of Examinations (NBE)
for AIPGMEE i.e PAN Card, Driving License, Voter ID, Passport or Aadhar
Card).

(ix) The Candidate should also bring the following certificate, if applicable :
(a) SC/ST Certificate issued by the competent authority (in the format
as specified in the prospectus) and should be in English or Hindi
language. Sub caste should be clearly mentioned in the certificate.
(b) OBC certificate issued by the competent authority. The sub-caste
should tally with the Central List of OBC. The OBC candidates
should not belong to Creamy Layer. The OBC certificate must be
in the format as mentioned in the prospectus.
(c) Orthopedic Physical Disability Certificate issued from a duly

constituted and authorized Medical Boards. No other PH certificate,

issued by any other Authorities / Hospital will be entertained.

Candidates without original certificates/documents shall not be allowed to

take admission in allotted Medical/ Dental College.

Candidates who have deposited their original documents with any other
Institutes/ Colleges/Universities and come for admission with a certificate
stating that "their original certificates are deposited with the
Institute/College/University” shall not be allowed to take admission in
allotted Medical/Dental College.

Q.No. 10: What are the instructions regarding OBC, SC, ST and PH
certificates?
Ans: Please read Information Bulletin for admission to post-graduate medical
courses for admission to 50% of total PG seats on all-India basis carefully. The
certificate requirements are mentioned in prospectus along with format. The
certificate as mentioned in the prospectus only will be acceptable.
Candidates are requested to read prospectus and instructions regarding Caste
and Physical Handicap (PH) Certificate carefully. In case the candidate fail to
produce proper Caste (and PH, if applicable) certificate at allotted Medical/Dental
College then he/she will not be permitted to join the allotted Medical / Dental
College and his/her category will be changed, if otherwise eligible.

The qualified loco-motor disabled candidates should get themselves certified at

one of the under mentioned Disability Assessment Boards, constituted at the four
metro- cities:
(i) Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital,
Ansari Nagar,(Ring Road), New Delhi-110029.

(ii) All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hazi Ali,
Park, K. Khadya Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai-400 034.

(iii) Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, 244,

Archarya J.C. Bose Marg, Kolkata-20.

(iv) Madras Medical College, Park Town, Chennai - 600003.

The Locomotor Disabled (LD) candidates are required to bring their

treatment papers related to their disability, including the investigation reports, at
the time of reporting to the above mentioned designated institute for such
disability certificate.

The Locomotor Disabled (LD) Candidates are required to mention their

PH sub-category in the following manner while registering for the On-line
counseling.
PH - 1: Candidates with locomotor disability of lower limbs from 50%
to 70% {Certified by one of the Disability Assessment Boards
constituted at 4 metro cities}.
PH - 2: Candidates with locomotor disability of lower limbs between 40%
to less than 50% {Certified by one of the Disability Assessment Boards
constituted at 4 metro cities}.

Reference: MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA, “Postgraduate Medical Education

Regulations, 2000”, (MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AMENDMENT
NOTIFICATION dated the 21st December, 2010), MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA,
Pocket – 14, Sector 8, Dwarka, NEW DELHI – 110 077.

IMPORTANT: Qualified PH Category candidates are advised to get themselves

examined immediately at one of the above mentioned disability assessment board
and to obtain disability (PH) certificate. The qualified candidates are requested to
send a self attested photocopy of disability certificate with mention of their Name,
All India Quota Rank, Postal Address, Mobile Telephone Number, alternative
contact number and E-mail id by email ( address: [email protected] ) and by
Speed Post (to Assistant Director General (Medical Education), Room Number 352,
A-Wing, Nirman Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi, Pin code 110011)

Q.No. 11: Is there any restriction for filling up number of choices

of Institutions (Colleges) or subjects in choice filling form?
Ans: No, you can give as many choices as you wish. However choices should
be in order of preference, as the allotment is done on the basis of choices
submitted by the qualified candidate in order of preference and as per availability.

Q.No.12: Can I have some idea about the seat I am likely to get at my rank?
Ans: You can have some idea by
a. Please log on to www.mcc.nic.in / www.mohfw.nic.in website – from home
page go to medical counseling – open post-Graduate counseling (for previous
years) – open composite allotment list. From the information that you will see,
you get some idea of pattern in previous year(s). This will only be indicative
(without any guarantee for the current year).
b. Processing of Mock Counseling Result and publishing of Indicative Seat
Allotment
During Mock Counseling, choices submitted by the candidates will be
processed twice during the counseling period (Registration) and indicative
seat that is likely available at that point of time would be displayed,
before allotment of Round-1. This indication helps the candidate to refine the
selection of choices in a more effective and efficient manner. Indicative
allotment of seat (Mock allotment), will be shown twice on notified dates (will
be notified on this website). The result will be made available on the next
day. In case no indicative seat is shown allotted to you, this indicates that
none of the choices submitted by you were available at your rank. Hence
you should modify your list of choices as per your rank.

Q.No. 13. Is it necessary to fill up the choices and lock the choices to get
seat allotted? Or I will be allotted seat automatically from available seats?
Ans: After online registration (registration is compulsory to take part in online
allotment process), you have to fill in choice of subjects and Institutions/colleges
in order of preference. Once choice is filled in, it can be modified before locking
it. During the choice locking period it is necessary to lock the choices to get a
print of your submitted choices. If candidate does not lock the choice submitted
by him/her, submitted choices by him/her will be automatically locked at 5.00PM
of last date of choice locking, however you will be allowed to take a print of your
choices after that but you will not be permitted to modify your choices.
If you don’t register and fill in any choice, you will not be allotted any seat.

Important:
Don’t wait till the last minute to lock your choices and to take a printout.
Please go through your submitted choices before locking as once you lock
the choices the same cannot be modified or changed even if you have made
a mistake. Mistake in filling choices may result in allotment of a seat
which you never wanted.

Q.No. 14: Is it necessary to join allotted Medical/Dental College to get

chance to participate in next round (2nd/3rd round)?
Ans: Yes, in case a seat is allotted, candidate is required to join allotted
institution/college and complete the admission formalities then only
t h a t candidate can exercise option to participate in next round(s).

Please note that in case you do not give option to participate in

Round-2 and/ or Round-3 at the time of joining of seat allotted
during Round -1, you will not be considered eligible for
participating in Round-2/Round-3.
Similarly in case you do not opt for participation in Round-3 at
the time of joining of seat allotted during Round-2, you will not
be considered eligible for participating in Round-3.

Q.No. 15 : Some new post-graduate seats are created (increase in PG

seats) but intimated to the MCC after start of online counseling, will they be
included and when?
Ans: Newly created seats that could not be included in first round (and second
round) due to non-reporting / late reporting/ reporting after start of first round of
online allotment process will be included only in third round on receiving
information from participating Medical / Dental Colleges before the start of third
round (publication of the seat matrix for third round).

Q.No. 16: What is second round of online allotment process?

Ans: Second round of online allotment process is up-gradation of choice.

2nd round of seat allotment

There is no fresh registration of candidates and choice submission in 2nd round
of counseling. Choices of main counseling (submitted before first round
allotment) will be considered in this round of allotment.
Who are eligible for 2nd Round of allotment?
Candidates eligible for seat allotment in 2nd round would be from one of the
following groups:
Group–I: Registered candidates who did not get any seat allotment in the 1st
round.
Group-II: Registered candidates, whose 1st round of allotted Seat Cancelled
during the document verification on reporting for admission, who have secured
seat under reserved quota, due to change of Category from reserved to
Unreserved or PH status from Yes to No, but are still eligible in the next round of
seat allotment, with changed Category, subject to fulfillment of eligibility
conditions.
Group–III: Candidates who have reported at allotted institute after 1st round of
allotment and submitted willingness for second round up-gradation as Yes.

Who are not eligible for 2nd Round of allotment?

• Not reported at Allotted Institute after seat allotment in 1st round
• Reported & Withdrawn from counseling at Allotted Institute.
• Became non-eligible due to change of category.
• Candidates who have not opted for up-gradation.

Q.No. 17: What is third round of online allotment process?

Ans: Third round of online allotment will be conducted for the candidates who
have submitted their option for participation in third round and for those who were
registered and submitted choices before first round but not allotted seats as per
procedure given below:

3rd round of Counseling:

Fresh set of seats gets added to the system, if any, which is due to latest
approvals of MCI. Further, the conversion of seats is being carried out during the
third round of seat allotment and accordingly, the candidates are required to be
shown all choices which are against vacant, newly added seats, virtual vacancies
which are likely to get vacated during up-gradation and also during the
conversion of seats as per the following algorithm:
ST (PH) -> ST
SC (PH) -> SC
UR (PH) -> UR
OBC (PH) -> OBC
ST -> SC
SC-> UR
The choices of candidates, who have submitted option for participation in the
third round during the reporting period for the first / second round seat allotment,
would be initialized (reset), and are required to submit fresh choices online
during the time the window is open for the same.
All eligible candidates who desire to take part in third round of online allotment
will have to submit fresh choice during choice submission period and lock the
choices during period of locking.
There will not be any indicative allotment in 3rd round of allotment,
locked choices of the candidates would be processed and result will be
published. Those candidates, who could not submit fresh choices for the third
round counseling, would not be considered.

Who are eligible for 3rd Round of allotment:

All candidates interested in participation in the third round
counseling are required to submit fresh choices, without which they would
not be considered.
Group–I: Registered candidates who did not get any seat allotment in the 1st or
2nd round of seat allotment and are required to submit fresh choices as per the
vacancies shown.
Group-II: Registered candidates, whose 2nd round of allotted Seat Cancelled
during the document verification on reporting for admission, who have secured
seat under reserved quota, due to change of Category from reserved to
Unreserved or PH status from Yes to No, but they would still be eligible in the
next round of seat allotment, with changed criteria, provided they submit fresh
choices, subject to fulfillment of eligibility conditions.
Group–III: Candidates who have given option for participation in 3rd round at the
time of 1st and/or 2nd round reporting at allotted institutions.

Who are not eligible for 3rd Round of allotment?

• Not reported at Allotted Institute after seat allotment in either 1st or 2nd
rounds
• Reported & Withdrawn/resigned from seat at the Allotted Institute.
• Became non-eligible due to change of category during document
verification
• Candidate who has not given option for third round at the time of taking
admission.
• Candidate who does not give (submit) fresh choices in 3rd round.
• Who did not register for online allotment of seat before first round of
counseling.

Q.No. 18: Do I have to fill in choice of subject and College to participate in

second round of online allotment process?
Ans: No. For second round, candidates are not required to submit fresh choice.
During the second round of online allotment process, the choice of higher
preference will be upgraded for those candidates who give option to upgrade
their choice at the time of admission at allotted Medical/Dental College.

Q.No. 19: Do I have to fill in fresh choice of subjects and Colleges to

participate in third round of online allotment process?
Ans: Yes. All candidates who desire to take part in third round will have to submit
fresh choices before third round. Please see details in answer to question
number (Q.No.) 17 above.

Q.No. 20: If there is not sufficient number of qualified PH candidates, what

will happen to those un-allotted PG seats, reserved for PH candidates?
Ans: The un-allotted PG seats earmarked for UR-PH, SC-PH, ST-PH and OBC-
PH will be reverted to respective categories like SC-PH to SC and so on, during
the third round of allotment process after processing choices to PH category
candidates in third round.

Q.No. 21: If I give consent for up-gradation of my choice during second

round and if my choice is upgraded, is it necessary to join at college
allotted during second round? Or in case I change my decision of
upgrading choice, can I continue to study in college allotted through first
round of allotment?
Ans: In case candidate is allotted seat during the second round of allotment
process (choice is up-graded), the seat allotted during the first round will be
automatically cancelled immediately (and allotted to somebody else) and
candidate will have to join the college/seat allotted during second round. If
candidate does not join the college/seat allotted during the second round, with in
stipulated time, as per schedule, from the date of allotment candidate will forfeit
his/her allotted seat and will not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat
allotment. Seat can also be up-graded in the same college by change of
category (i.e. ST/SC/OBC to UR) in such a case the candidate has to take
fresh admission on the up-graded seat.

Q.No. 22: While joining college allotted through first round if I don’t want
up-gradation of choice, but want to keep option to fill choice before third
round for newly added/vacant PG seat, is it possible?
Ans: Yes. For this candidate is required to exercise the option at the time of
joining the institution/college.

Q.No 23: If I give option to participate in third round at the time of joining
college from first / second round allotment, but later change my decision
and want to continue study at already allotted Medical /Dental College,
what is the procedure to avoid change (cancellation) of already allotted
college/seat?
Ans: If a candidate does not submit choice during the choice submission period
before the third round of counseling, such a candidate will retain the already
allotted seat.

Q.No. 24: If I forget my password that I have created during the process of
registration, how to retrieve it.
Ans: To retrieve the forgotten password, system facilitates the following
process:
The candidate is required to enter the information that he/she filled at the time of
registration and then security question & answer thereon to be entered as given
during New Candidate registration process. The above data submitted by
candidate will be validated with the registered candidates’ database. If the above
entries match, then only the candidate would be permitted to enter new password
to proceed further.

IMPORTANT
Candidates are advised to remember the password and also retain their
application form and admit cards printout ready till completion of
admission process. It is not p o s s i b l e f o r M C C /NIC t o r e t r i e v e s u c h
password.

Q.No. 25: In case I have Birth Certificate / Caste Certificate/ other

certificate(s) in regional language, will it be acceptable at the time of
reporting?
Ans: Certificates issued by the competent authority should be in English or Hindi
language. Please remember that some of the states insist for certificate
in English language only. Candidates are advised to carry Certified Copy of
English version of the original certificate, in case certificate issued is in other than
English language along with original certificate.

Q.No. 26: If there is discrepancy in spelling of name in documents and

application form, what do I do?
Ans: If there is discrepancy in spelling of name in documents candidate must
carry proof that the documents belongs to same person, in the form of an
affidavit.

Q.No. 27: Can I get prospectus (information Bulletine) of All India Post
Graduate Medical / Dental Entrance Examination for admission to All India
Quota post- graduate medical / Dental courses for admission to 50% of
total seats on all-India basis?
Ans: Copy of prospectus is available on NBE website http://www.nbe.gov.in for
Medical seats and AIIMS website http://aiimsexams.org for dental seats.

Q.No. 28: What about condition of Stipend / fee structure / course duration /
bond amount / rendering of service in rural / tribal area/ other
conditionalities.
Ans: Stipend /fee structure/ course duration / bond amount / rendering of service
in rural / tribal area/ other conditions etc. may vary from State to State and
Institute to Institute. Some seats may be approved/ permitted but not yet
recognised by MCI. The allotment made through online allotment process will be
firm and final as per Hon'ble Supreme Court's guidelines. Therefore, the
candidates should well examine these points before opting for a seat at a
medical college. The Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) shall neither be
responsible nor shall entertain any case on above grounds, if any. The
information received from various participating Medical / Dental Colleges has
been made available on Ministry of Health & Family Welfare / MCC website
(under the Medical Counseling - Post-graduate Counseling Information about
college, fee, bond information etc.). Candidates are advised to visit the website of
college/ institution to c h e c k t h e information. In case they require any
additional information, they can contact the college / institution on telephone.

Q.No.29: How to use registration and Choice filling form on website?

Ans: Candidates will have to log on to website www.mcc.nic.in to get registered

(Registration facility will open on dates as mentioned in Schedule) and then

fill in choices. It is advised that after going through the seat matrix, a tentative list
may be prepared first as per your preference of subjects and colleges, before
attempting to fill choices on-line.
Q.No. 30: What is indicative seat allotment (mock counseling result)?
Ans: Indicative seat allotment is the seat available for allotment to candidate at
the time of processing of data by computer from choices submitted by the
particular candidate. The indicative seat is to facilitate candidates to change, add
or delete choices. The indicative seat allotted shown on these dates does not
guarantee that the same seat will be allotted finally (during first round in present
case).

Q.No. 31: Difficulty in login, what may be the problem(s)?

Ans: Please read User manual for the candidates. Follow the instructions about
use of browser (Internet Explorer-6 or above), use of same spellings, same
format of date (Use digits for day, month and year with – in between) as in
application form submitted to NBE or AIIMS New Delhi. The internet connection
should be uninterrupted. If internet connection interruption takes place, the IP
address which is being monitored will change and session expired message will
be displayed. Please try to login from other computer from which other
candidate(s) has logged in successfully, if possible.

Q.No. 32: I have difficulty in Creating Password, what may be the

problem(s)?
Ans: Creation of password should be as per password policy. Please follow the
password policy. Please use the internet browser as suggested in user manual,
as it is difficult to login from some of the other browsers. While creating password
avoid using Caps Lock key, instead of Caps Lock use shift key.

Q.No. 33: When I try to login for choice filling/ submission, It say wrong roll
number/ password, what may be problem(s)?

Ans: This can happen if Roll Number/Testing ID typed is incorrect or password

typed is incorrect. Password is case sensitive, therefore use password which was
created by user exactly same as typed while creating. In case password is
forgotten, try to generate new password by using security question and its
answer.

Q.No.34: What are the guidelines for fresh choice filling before third round
of online allotment process?
Ans: Please remember that if any seat is allotted from the choice filled in by the
candidate for 3rd Round of counseling the seat allotted during 1st / 2nd round will
be automatically cancelled. Therefore, the candidates are advised to fill in
choice carefully for seats which are of higher preference than the earlier
allotted seat. Candidates are not required to give the already allotted seat
in their choices.

Q.No. 35: Can I modify my choices between dates of choice

submission for Round-3 ?
Ans: Yes, you can modify, add or delete your choices during this period, before
you lock your choices. However, the registration (of New Users) is permitted
up to date and time specified in Counseling Schedule, only.
Please note that you have to lock your choice between dates specified in
Counseling Schedule (up to 5.00 PM).

Q.No. 36: I have not locked my choices before 5.00 PM on last date of
locking choices , what will happen to my choices?
Ans: The choices submitted and saved by you will be locked by the system at
5.00 PM of last date/ date of choice locking as mentioned in Counseling Schedule,
automatically.

Q.No. 37: How can I get print out of my choices which system has locked?
Ans: After 5.00 PM of last date / date of choice locking (or after choice locking)
till beginning of choice filling for the third round of counseling print out can be
taken from MCC website after login by the Candidate, link is available on the left
hand side of the page as “Print Lock Choice”. Similarly, print out of locked choices
for third round can be taken from time of Choice Locking till end of PG counseling.

Q.No. 38: If I opt to participate in third round of counseling whether my

allotted seat (of first/second round) will be cancelled?
Ans: In case you are not allotted any seat in the third round you will retain earlier
allotted seat. However, on allotment of a seat in third round the earlier allotted
seat will automatically be cancelled and allotted to another candidate.
Therefore you are advised to fill in only higher choices or any other choice
which you prefer over the earlier allotted seat, for third round.

Q.No. 39: If I get an up-graded seat during second/ third round can I join
that college directly?
Ans: No, you will have to get a relieving letter from the earlier institute/ college
generated on-line, before you can join the next college / institution.

Q.No. 40: In case I get an upgraded seat but in the same college, because
of change of category, (e.g. from SC / ST / OBC to UR category) do I have to
take admission on the allotted seat again?
Ans: Yes, you have to get a relieving letter generated on-line for the earlier seat
and then get an admission letter again generated on-line for the upgraded
category seat from the concerned institution; otherwise your seat would be
cancelled and allotted to another candidate or surrendered to state quota.

Q.No. 41: Can I know which of the seats are recognized or permitted by the
MCI?
Ans: You may refer the MCI website or mohfw.nic.in website for this.

Q.No. 42: What are anticipated / virtual vacancies shown during third
round?
Ans.: Virtual vacancies/anticipated vacancies are those seats which are
presently occupied by the candidates who have given option for the third round.
They will be available only in case that candidate is upgraded to another seat in
third round. Once the virtual/ tentative vacancies are actually vacated these
seats would again be distributed as per the rank of the candidates. These seats
would also include any seat which is likely to be converted to other category as
per the policy of conversion.

Q.No. 43: At the time of admission will my original certificates be retained

by the institution?
ANS.: Yes, all the institutions have been instructed to retain original certificates
of admitted students and release them only on up-gradation of the seat or
resignation by the candidate.

Q.No. 44: Please explain process of counseling with the help of a flow
chart.
Ans: The process is as under:
 Process of Counseling (Flow Chart)

Activity by Online Medical Activity

candidate Counseling by MCC
http://mcc.nic.in

Registration, Submission of choices,

View indicative seat allotment, modify & lock

First round of seat allotment

Round I
No Is seat allotted? Yes

Look at MCC website for round II

Report to the Allotted Institute, complete Admission
allotment formalities and give willingness as follows:
• Willingness for upgradation in 2nd round:
YES/NO
• Willingness for participation in 3rd round:
YES/NO

Candidates who have given willingness as YES

Second round of allotment for upgradation in 2nd round

Yes
Round II
Is seat allotted?

No
Report to the Allotted Institute, complete
Look at MCC website for round III Admission formalities and give
for filling up fresh choices for seat willingness for participation in 3rd
allotment in Third Round round: Yes/No
 A B

Candidates who have not been allotted Candidates who have given willingness to
any seat in either 1st or 2nd round of participate in 3rd round of allotment as YES
allotment either in 1st or 2nd round.

• Display of newly added/vacant seats & also of anticipated vacancies (seats likely
available after the conversion of Vacant Seats in category / Subcategory and
upgradation of previously allotted seats with newly offered seats)
• Earlier Choices submitted by the candidate will be treated null and void.
• Fresh Choice submission for seat allotment in 3rd round is mandatory.

Exercise fresh choices,

View, modify & lock choices

Third Round of Allotment

No Round III Yes

Is seat allotted?

END Report to the Allotted

Institute

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