Kohima, August 6 (MExN): The Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench is expected to dispose of a writ petition concerning the NEET-UG 2025 selection process in Nagaland on August 11.
The case challenges the State Common Selection Board’s merit list for the Nagaland State quota, alleging wrongful exclusion despite the candidate securing the second-highest score in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Undergraduates (NEET-UG) for the Academic Session 2025-26. The NEET-UG is the nationwide examination for admission to undergraduate medical courses such as MBBS and BDS in India.
The petitioner, whose father is a Colonel posted at NCC Group HQ Kohima, claimed that under long-standing central policy, children of Central and State government employees posted in Nagaland should be treated at par with local residents.
She argued that her exclusion was based on a 2021 State notification requiring Category III candidates to have studied Class X/XII in Nagaland and for parents to have resided in the State for at least three years—criteria she says were not adequately publicised and conflict with central guidelines.
On July 28, the court allowed her to participate provisionally in NIMSR counselling and asked the authorities to explore keeping one seat vacant pending the petition’s disposal.
The petitioner also submitted that of the 85 seats in the Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (NIMSR), Nagaland, are allocated from the central pool to pursue MBBS and BDS in the State, and she was a deserving candidate as her father was working under the Indian Army.
During the hearing on August 6, the Central Government Counsel (CGSC) informed the court that instructions from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were still awaited.
Justice Yarenjungla Longkumer accordingly listed the matter for further hearing on August 11, noting that an effort would be made to dispose of the case on that date.
The judge further made it clear that the matter would be decided even if the CGSC had not received instructions, given the urgency of the case.
