Overview

• The Maharashtra CET Cell’s admissions brochure reserves 10% of state-quota seats in private unaided medical colleges for EWS candidates, excluding minority institutions.
• Without a proportional increase in seats, about 300 of the roughly 3,000 open-merit seats will be reallocated to EWS students, tightening competition for general category applicants.
• Parents, students and the Association of Managements of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges have protested the decision and plan legal petitions over the loss of open-merit seats.
• Private institutions will urge the state government to petition the National Medical Commission for a one-time intake increase to preserve general category seats.
• High courts in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have set precedents by staying similar orders and directing seat expansions for EWS quotas.