TN urges centre to ensure 50% state quota in super-specialty PG medical seats

chennai: tamil nadu health minister ma. subramanian has urged union health minister j.p. nadda to ensure that 50 percent of super-specialty postgraduate medical seats in state-run medical colleges remain reserved for in-service government doctors under the state quota.ina letter addressed to nadda, subramanian highlighted that the supreme court has upheld the state's policy to allocate half of these seats to doctors serving in the tamil nadu government health system. he said that the state-level counselling for neet-ss qualified government doctors under this quota was completed on may 27.the minister noted that a second round of counselling was scheduled for may 29 to allow in-service doctors to exercise their seat preferences. however, the directorate general of health services (dghs) has yet to provide a timeline for the process, despite repeated requests from the tamil nadu selection committee.subramanian expressed concern over reports that unfilled state quota seats may be transferred to the all india quota (aiq), denying tamil nadu government doctors the opportunity to participate in the second round of counselling. he called this move “unjust” and “detrimental to the rights” of government doctors.reiterating the state's stand, he requested that the centre ensure that 50 percent of super-specialty seats are retained under the state quota and allocated to eligible government doctors through the second round of neet-ss counselling.