Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has held that candidates appearing for NEET-UG/PG examinations cannot seek a change in their category after the results have been declared.
The order was issued after a petition filed by C. Anusha, who had appeared in NEET-PG 2025. The last date for submission of the application form was March 7, 2025. A three-day correction window between March 9 and 11, 2025 was provided by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS).
The notice was issued after the declaration of results on August 19, 2025 when Anusha filed a writ petition on September 8, 2025, according to a report published by Deccan Herald. She had sought to change her category from General Merit (GM) to Other Backward Class (OBC) on the ground that she belongs to the Nekar (we