[08th August 2023] The
Government of Goa is hereby pleased to make the following rules so as to
further amend the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree and diploma
courses of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College) Rules, 2004, as
follows, namely:- (1)
These rules may
be called the Goa (Rules for admission to postgraduate degree and diploma
courses of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College) (Fifth Amendment)
Rules, 2023. (2)
They shall come
into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In rule
3 of the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree and diploma courses
of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College) Rules, 2004 for sub-rule (3),
the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) Order of merit:- (i)
The order of
merit for admission to Post-Graduate Degree/ /Diploma Courses shall be based on
State-wise merit secured by the eligible applicants at the National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG examination for the concerned Academic
Year. (ii)
The reservation
shall be 2% seats for SC, 12% seats for ST, 27% seats for OBC and 5% seats for
PwD in Goa Medical College in PG Courses. (iii)
Number of seats
that can be allotted to candidates from various categories are determined as
below and same shall be notified: College Total Seats Number of Seats to be allocated in
alternate years GEN SC ST OBC EWS Open PwD Open PwD Open PwD Open PwD GMC 64/61 37/36 1/1 1/1 0/0 7/6 1/1 16/15 1/1 0/0 (iv)
A merit list of all eligible and interested candidates,
shall be prepared on the basis of NEET-PG marks, scored by the candidates. (v)
The list should additionally indicate the Reserved
Categories of the applicants wherever applicable, viz. SC, ST, OBC, PwD &
EWS. (vi)
The candidates shall be called for counseling in order of
merit based on NEET-PG marks and exercise their choice of branches from amongst
the seats available at the time of his/her turn. (vii)
However, the candidates from respective category will be
allowed to exercise the choice only till the time seats in the respective
category are available. (viii)
Seats remaining vacant in PwD category, will be de-reserved
and added to the respective category (GEN/ST/OBC). (ix)
In case, any seats remain vacant, due to non-availability of
eligible candidates belonging to SC, ST, OBC & EWS categories, the same
shall be offered to candidates from GEN category. (x)
Once the number of seats in any category are fully allotted,
the candidates from that category will not be considered for further allotment
of seats in that round of admission. (xi)
The particular round of counseling and admission will be
conducted till all the seats are filled or list of candidates is exhausted. (xii)
Based on the vacancy position additional rounds of
counseling and admission can be conducted. Note:
The Principal Rules were published vide Notification No. 1/8/2003-II/PHD dated
11-3-2004, in the Official Gazette, (Extraordinary), Series I No. 50, dated
11-3-2004 and subsequently amended vide following Notifications, namely:- (i)
Notification
No. 1/8/2003-II/PHD dated 21-3-2005, published in the Official Gazette,
Extraordinary, Series I No. 51, dated 21-3-2005. (ii)
Notification
No. 1/4/2009-II/PHD/Part I dated 7-12-2015, published in the Official Gazette,
Extraordinary, Series I No. 36, dated 8-12-2015. (iii)
Notification
No. 1/4/2009-II/PHD/Part file/1429 dated 7-11-2016, published in the Official
Gazette, Series I No. 32 dated 10-11-2016. (iv)
Notification
No. 1/14/2019-II/PHD dated 08-04-2020, published in the Official Gazette,
Series I No. 2 dated 09-04-2020.Goa
(Rules For Admission To Postgraduate Degree And Diploma Courses Of The Goa
University At The Goa Medical College) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2023