Ahmedabad: The postgraduate (PG) medical admission process in Gujarat has hit a standstill, as the delay in the all-India quota (AIQ) counselling has effectively paralysed the state’s admission committee. While the third round of AIQ counselling concluded on Wednesday, the central admission committee’s failure to issue final allotment letters has left local aspirants in a state of high uncertainty.Under current regulations, the counselling process for Gujarat’s state quota seats cannot move forward until the AIQ seat allotments are finalized. This ensures students do not block seats in both quotas simultaneously. However, despite a deadline of 11 am on Feb 4 to report discrepancies, no further instructions were issued by the central authorities by late evening.This bottleneck comes on the heels of the recent, drastic reduction in qualifying percentiles—down to the 7th percentile for open categories and 0 for reserved—which triggered a fresh wave of registrations. While provisional results for the third round were declared on Monday, the lack of a final notification has left Gujarat’s admission committee unable to announce the schedule for state-level reporting or subsequent rounds.Sources indicate that the original schedule, which aimed for completion by Feb 11, is now likely to be discarded. This continued inaction at the national level threatens to further compress the academic calendar for medical colleges across Gujarat, leaving both administrators and students waiting for a signal from the central admission committee that has yet to arrive.
