Candidates for foreign medical degrees are entitled to receive score cards for examination qualifications, enabling their eligibility to practice medicine.

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The petitioners are candidates, who are nearing the completion of their MBBS equivalent Degrees from Foreign Universities. To practice medicine in India with foreign MBBS Degrees, they have to appear for FMG Examination. Passing NEET-UG Examination is mandatory to write FMGE. The petitioners state that they have appeared in NEET-UG (2020/2021) Examinations. Though the petitioners scored satisfactorily, they could not download the score cards.

2. When the petitioners approached the 2^nd respondent-National Testing Agency seeking issuance of score cards, they were informed that the score cards are not available. The petitioners state that the 2^nd respondent-NTA has all the details of the petitioners who appeared in NEET- UG. Therefore, the 2^nd respondent is compellable to provide NEET-UG score card / mark card to the petitioners.

3. The 1^st respondent-National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences resisted the writ petition. The 1^st respondent stated that in terms of Clause 4.11 of the Information Bulletin of FMGE December 2025, “Pursuant to the recommendations of the NMC vide its letter No.NMC/MCI- 34(41)(Gen)/2020-21-Med/002815 dated 22.01.2021 and approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India vide its letter No.V.11025/02/2021-MEP dated 09.03.2021, only eligible candidates will be allowed to appear in the FMGE who have both the Eligibility Certificate (if applicable) and the Provisional Pass Certificate / Degree Certificate of Primary Medical Qualification”.

4. Clause 8.14.6. of the Information Bulletin of FMGE December 2025 provides as follows: Eligibility Certificate (EC): You shall be asked to provide status of issuance of EC to you by MCI/NMC. If EC is applicable in your case, you shall be required to upload the same under document upload section. If you took admission during the period when obtaining EC from MCI was not required / was exempted by the Government of India, you shall be required to upload a copy of admission letter confirming the exact date of admission to the primary medical qualification in lieu of EC. You shall be required to upload the Score Card for qualifying NEET-UG in lieu of EC if admission in Primary Medical Qualification has been obtained on or after May, 2018.

5. The role of NBEMS is limited only to the conduct of FMG Examination as per Screening Test Regulations 2002 and issue Pass Certificates to qualified candidates after in person verification of their original credentials and FACE ID/ Biometric verification.

6. The 2^nd respondent-NTA filed a statement.

The 2^nd respondent submitted that as per the database available with the 2^nd respondent, the details of the petitioners having their application numbers and roll numbers are as given below:

7. In similar circumstances, in W.P.(C)

No.23053/2024, this Court directed the respondents to take a decision on the application of the petitioner therein to appear in the FMG Examination based on the score data as provided by the National Testing Agency without insisting for production of score card. Therefore, I am o