NEET-PG admissions: Telangana PG aspirants protest KNRUHS delay as deadlines loom

Resident doctors and PG medical aspirants in Telangana are protesting against KNRUHS for failing to adhere to Supreme Court-mandated counselling timelines. The HRDA has demanded immediate completion of CQ Round-2 and commencement of MQ Round-1, warning that delays are jeopardising students’ careers.

Hyderabad: The resident doctors and MBBS completed PG medical aspirants from Telangana are up in arms against Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) over continued delay in PG medical counselling.

As per binding Supreme Court-mandated timelines, State Quota Round-2 must conclude between December 5 and 12, the last date of joining is December 21, and the academic session begins on December 22. Any deviation from this schedule is a serious violation with direct consequences for students’ careers, Executive Member of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA), Dr Bandari Rajkumar said.

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The HRDA has demanded that KNRUHS urgently issue a comprehensive, phase-wise counselling calendar aligned with MCC/NMC timelines, complete CQ Round-2 immediately and commence MQ Round-1. Furthermore, HRDA has called for a formal extension of resignation deadlines until Telangana results are declared.

The NMC has already mandated that weekends and holidays be treated as working days and that joined-candidate data be shared immediately to prevent national-level chaos in Round-3 and stray vacancy counselling.

The NMC has issued a clear, non-negotiable NEET-PG 2025 counselling schedule to ensure merit, transparency, and national uniformity. The present crisis has become particularly severe in Telangana.

Competent Authority (CQ) Round-1 results were declared after the AIQ Round-1 resignation deadline, trapping eligible Telangana students in AIQ seats and denying them the right to opt for State or Management Quota seats.

Now, while AIQ Round-2 results have already been declared, Telangana CQ Round-2 remains incomplete and Management Quota Round-1 has not even begun — a stark contrast to other states that have completed their counselling in time and protected their students’ choices.