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    Will NEET MDS 2024 be postponed? - Candidates Approach Supreme Court

    Will NEET MDS 2024 be postponed? - Candidates Approach Supreme Court

    Sonia VatsUpdated on 03 Apr 2024, 05:50 PM IST

    The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has announced the NEET MDS result 2024 on April 3, 2024. The NEET MDS exam was held on the scheduled date, which was March 18. Earlier, the Supreme Court of India in its hearing against the plea of NEET MDS 2024 postponement refused to postpone the exam. The NEET MDS 2024 was conducted on the pre-scheduled date March 18. Earlier, the NBE extended the eligibility and internship cut off date to June 30 and re-opened the registration window from March 9 to March 11, 2024.

    Will NEET MDS 2024 be postponed? - Candidates Approach Supreme Court
    NEET MDS 2024

    The National Dental Commission stated that about 28,000 candidates have registered for the NEET MDS 2024 exam. And despite the extension of the cut off date to June 30 and re-opening of the registration window, only 568 students registered for the entrance exam. And postponing the exam at this time will impact the majority of students. In reply to this, the Supreme Court of India has decided not to intervene in this matter.

    Earlier an RTI reply to the All India Student's Union stated that the schedule for the NEET MDS 2024 exam is "under process", and speculations were going around that the NEET MDS 2024 might get postponed. On February 20, Supreme court of India gave the nod to Union government for taking the final call regarding the postponement of NEET MDS 2024. Many candidates have expressed dissatisfaction with the authority's decision to postpone NEET PG, but not NEET MDS, and are considering it as discriminatory. As per media reports, more than 10000 students have signed a petition to postpone NEET MDS 2024 to July. Candidates on Twitter have also launched a campaign calling for NEET MDS 2024 postponement.

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    The NEET MDS 2024 application form window was re-opened from Macrh 9 to 11. Dental graduates have started raising concerns over NEET MDS 2024 postponement on social media. Will NEET MDS 2024 exam date be postponed? The answer to the question is important for candidates. Following the past year's trends, the NEET MDS was expected to get postponed this year too. Through NEET MDS, admission to around 6,228 Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats in 259 dental colleges will be granted. To know more about the NEET MDS exam postponed and others, aspirants can check the article below to understand important details.

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    Will NEET MDS 2024 be postponed to July?

    No! The NEET MDS 2024 will not be postponed to July. The Supreme Court of India on March 15 has decided not to postpone the NEET MDS 2024 exam. Also as per the notification of NBE, the NEET MDS 2024 date was March 18. The latest notification of NEET MDS 2024 can be checked below.

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    NEET MDS 2024 exam date postponed- Previous year's exam date trends

    The year-wise NEET MDS 2024 exam and registration trends are provided in the table below.

    NEET MDS 2024 registration- Year-wise dates

    Year

    Exam date

    Registration date

    2024

    March 18

    January 30, 2024, March 9

    2023

    March 1, 2023

    January 9, 2023

    MDS 2022

    June 4, 2022.

    January 4, 2022

    MDS 2021

    December 16, 2021

    October 26, 2020

    MDS 2020

    January 5, 2020

    October 11, 2019

    NEET MDS 2024 Twitter

    After the postponement of the dental exam to March, candidates on Twitter are demanding to postpone NEET MDS 2024 to July. Check some of the tweets of NEET MDS 224 candidates below.

    All India Student's Union (AISU) on their X handle posted the screenshot of an RTI reply regarding the postponement of NEET MDS 2024. As per the RTI reply, the NEET MDS 2024 exam schedule is "under process", hinting that the exam is likely to be postponed.

    An aspirant says, "Sir kindly help us in postponement of NEET MDS 2024. We dentists are suffering a lot as there is unfairness towards us."

    Another graduate, Sampada Pradhan said, "Kindly look into the matter of NEET MDS 2024. We the students are under immense stress as NEET MDS has not been postponed to July but NEET PG is in July we both share same counselling. Then we have to wait for 5 months after the exam. Please give us a fair chance.@PMO"

    Dr Vivek Pandey, another aspirant said, "Postpone NEET MDS 2024: Over 8,000 Medical Aspirants Sign Online Petition To Defer Entrance Exam. aspiring candidates launched a Twitter campaign using hashtags such as #Postponeneetmds2024toJULY #postponeneetmds2024tilljuly #NEETMDS2024POSTPONEMENT #POSTPONENEETMDS2024"

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the NEET MDS 2024 exam date?
    A:

    The official NEET MDS 2024 exam date was March 18. 

    Q: Is NEET MDS 2024 postponed?
    A:

    No, NEET MDS 2024 is not postponed to July. 

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    Questions related to NEET MDS

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    Have a question related to NEET MDS ?

    Hello Dear Student,

    With a NEET MDS 2026 score of 472 and AIR 5847 , you are eligible for MDS counseling and can participate in the All India Quota (AIQ) as well as state counseling processes.

    A rank around 5800 typically means:

    • Top government dental colleges and highly sought-after clinical

    Hello Dear Student,

    With a NEET MDS 2026 score of 503 and an AIR of around 4600, getting a government seat in highly competitive branches such as Orthodontics, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, or Prosthodontics may be difficult, as these specialties usually close at much better ranks.

    However, you still have

    Hello Dear Student,
    Haryana NEET MDS 2026 counselling registrations are expected to begin in July 2026. The official schedule will be released by the Department of Medical Education and Research (DMER) Haryana after the national MCC MDS counselling process commences.

    You can check, find and access more information here: https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/haryana-neet-mds-counselling

    Hello Dear Student,

    A score of 325 in NEET MDS 2026 does clear the General category qualifying cutoff of 308 marks released by NBEMS, making you eligible for counseling.

    However, whether you can get Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) depends much more on your AIR, category, state domicile, and counseling