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The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) and the Tamil Nadu Resident Doctors Association (TNRDA) person demanded the contiguous surrender of each vacant Tamil Nadu in-service ace specialty seats for inclusion successful the All India Quota (AIQ) arsenic per a Supreme Court (SC) order.
In a missive to the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), FAIMA expressed “outrage and profound disappointment astatine the blatant and unpardonable neglect” demonstrated by the MCC successful executing the SC’s binding bid dated May 29. The tribunal unequivocally directed the contiguous reversion of 151 vacant Tamil Nadu in-service ace specialty seats for reallocation done AIQ. Despite this wide judicial mandate, MCC has shown implicit inaction, willfully ignoring the court’s directives, the relation said.
Jeopardises future
This jeopardises the aboriginal of countless aspiring aesculapian professionals and the nation’s healthcare infrastructure. In 2025-26, Tamil Nadu allocated 219 ace specialty seats nether the in-service quota (50% of the seats are reserved for work candidates). Approximately 100 candidates qualified, and a specified 68 joined post-counselling. The remaining 151 seats stay vacant, FAIMA said.
FAIMA demanded the contiguous surrender of each 151 Tamil Nadu seats for inclusion successful the AIQ and strict enforcement of the SC order. Prioritise these seats successful Round-II counselling, guarantee their swift allocation, and contented clear, transparent notifications to forestall further wastage and to uphold the sanctity of the court’s directive, the relation urged MCC.
V. Vignesh Rajendran, FAIMA co-chairman and TNRDA president, said the 151 seats should beryllium surrendered without immoderate further delay, excuses oregon procedural hindrance. “TNRDA stands successful afloat enactment of the non-service candidates who filed the lawsuit successful SC regarding the reversion of unfilled in-service seats to the AIQ pool. We invited the SC bid whole-heartedly. We besides petition the MCC to travel this bid and nonstop the State authorities to revert those unfilled seats arsenic soon arsenic possible. Careers of deserving candidates are astatine involvement and determination should beryllium nary further delay, helium said.
One of the petitioners successful the SC lawsuit said, “We bash not reason preservation for work doctors. However, with 151 seats remaining vacant owed to the lack of eligible work candidates, denying admittance to qualified non-service Tamil Nadu doctors amounts to injustice. Last year, 24 invaluable seats successful prestigious authorities aesculapian colleges remained vacant. Filling these vacant seats with eligible non-service candidates would neither prejudice the rights of the State nor adversely interaction its healthcare infrastructure.”
